Hashimotos' thyroiditis: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic and therapy.
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 33(6): 101367, 2019 12.
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ABSTRACT
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disorders (AITDs), is the leading cause of hypothyroidism in the iodine-sufficient areas of the world. About 20-30% of patients suffers from HT, whose cause is thought to be a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors that causes the loss of immunological tolerance, with a consequent autoimmune attack to the thyroid tissue and appearance of the disease. The pathologic features of lymphocytic infiltration, especially of T cells, and follicular destruction are the histological hallmark of autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), that lead to gradual atrophy and fibrosis. An important role in the immune-pathogenesis of AITDs is due to chemokines and cytokines. In about 20% of patients, AITDs are associated with other organ specific/systemic autoimmune disorders. Many studies have demonstrated the relationship between papillary thyroid cancer and AITD. The treatment of hypothyroidism, as result of AIT, consists in daily assumption of synthetic levothyroxine.
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Epidemiologia
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Geral
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Hashimoto
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Screening_studies
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Humans
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En
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Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab
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ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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METABOLISMO
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article