During pregnancy specific changes in thyroid physiology occur, resulting in such consequences as different course of thyroid disorders and difficulties in diagnostics of thyroid disorders. Pregnancy is characterized by the increased formation of thyroid hormones. This is associated with the substantial increase in the requirements for dietary iodine – according to current recommendations to 250...

Purpose of Review. Studies have been published in the field of autoimmune thyroid diseases since January 2005. The review is organized into areas of etiology, autoimmune features, autoantibodies, mechanism of thyroid cell injury, B-cell responses, and T-cell responses. Also it reviews the diagnosis and the relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease, neoplasm, and kidney disorders. Recent F...