DEVELOPMENTS in thyroid autoimmunity have been reviewed in this journal previously (1,
2), but since then there have been major advances in our understanding of the mechanisms …

INTRODUCTION T HIS REVIEW of autoimmune thyroid disease will highlight the recent
advances made in understanding the control of the autoimmune process particularly at …

R ESEARCH on the cause of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) has in the past focused on
potentially unique and specific abnormalities that could provide a unitary explanation for …

The seminal discovery in 1956 that Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease
spelled the end of the concept of horror autotoxicus and introduced the reality of human …

Autoimmune thyroid disease is common, affecting approximately 1% of the population while
subclinical, focal thyroiditis and/or circulating thyroid autoantibodies can be found in about …

Recent research in autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) has largely focused on delineation
of the autoantigens and their epitopes, but there is now renewed interest in the …

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the persistent activation of immunologic effector
mechanisms that alter the function and integrity of individual cells and organs. This process …

Graves' disease and other autoimmune syndromes affecting the thyroid are the archetypes
of organ-specific autoimmunity. Despite intensive research, the relative contribution of …

Autoimmune mechanisms are responsible for only about 10% of all clinically apparent
thyroid disorders. However, they play a major role in two of the three serious entities: Graves' …

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