We have evaluated prospectively the prevalence of other autoimmune disorders in
outpatient clinic in 3069 consecutive patients with diagnosed chronic autoimmune thyroiditis …

Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder characterized by goitre, hyperthyroidism and, in
25% of patients, Graves ophthalmopathy. The hyperthyroidism is caused by thyroid …

The initial evaluation of any person suspected of having thyroid disease comprises a clinical
history, physical examination, and a variable number of laboratory investigations. There is …

Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) include a wide spectrum of thyroid diseases affecting
more commonly women than men. The most frequent forms are Graves' Disease (GD) and …

Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) occurs both in abnormal thyroid glands (nodular
goiter, latent Graves' disease)(type I AIT) or in apparently normal thyroid glands (type II AIT) …

Objective Thyroid blood flow is greatly enhanced in untreated Graves' disease, but it is not
known whether it is due to thyroid hormone excess or to thyroid hyperstimulation by TSH …

In order to establish its usefulness for the diagnosis and follow-up of thyroid autoimmune
diseases, thyroid ultrasonography together with free T 4 (FT 4), free T 3 (FT 3), TSH …

Graves' disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the developed world. It is
caused by an immune defect in genetically susceptible individuals in whom the production …

Acromegaly is frequently associated with the presence of thyroid disorders, however the
exact prevalence is still controversial. An Italian multicenter study was performed on 258 …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of thyroid disorders in a group of patients with
psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS: A complete thyroid investigation was carried out in 80 …