… Epidemiology and clinical features of Hashimoto's thyroiditis Goitrous autoimmune thyroiditis,
or Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a common form of chronic autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). …

… Both environmental and genetic triggers factor into the etiology of autoimmune thyroid
disease (AITD), including Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). Although the …

… The present study was undertaken to investigate immunogenetic factors in Hashimoto's
disease and elucidate the relationship, if any, of genetic determinants in Hashimoto's and Graves…

… The autoimmune thyroid disorders are examples of common diseases in which immunogenetic
factors play an important role Disease phenotypes do not, however, segregate perfectly …

… By far the most common are the autoimmune thyroid … ) and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT),
both characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid with autoantibodies targeting thyroid …

… thyroglobulin allotypes influence susceptibility to thyroiditis. Thyroid glands differed in different
… human disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, where thyroglobulin is also the initiating antigen. …

… Hashimoto's thyroiditis share similar immune disease mechanisms. Both are characterized
by thyroid autoantibody production and thyroid … in GD and hypothyroidism in HT. Family and …

Although medical genetics is a well-developed area of interest, relatively little is known about
the diseases caused by the combination of many genes. These multiinfluenced diseases …

… thyroiditis but it has become clear that fibrosis and atrophy of the thyroid are indeed components
of Hashimoto thyroiditis, … infiltration was unknown to Hashimoto, we now know through …

… The second part of this chapter addresses the immunogenetic factors in autoimmune thyroid
disease, and our results will be discussed. Finally, we will review the immunogenetics of …