Sera from certain patients with Hashimoto's disease or a related condition contain a non-precipitating antithyroglobulin which produces in double-diffusion tests with thyroglobulin a line of clearing in the agar. Two such sera are described. Other sera from examples of the disease give negative precipitin tests with thyroglobulin but combine with sera containing ;clear line', non-precipitating ...

Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presents with focal or diffuse nonenhancing MR imaging abnormalities in 50% of patients with SREAT during subacute exacerbation. Vasculitic changes in biopsy studies as well as the elevation of antithyroid antibodies and CSF protein suggests an inflammatory cause. We report the case of a patient with SREAT with cha...

Correspondence R. Krysiak Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Medical University of Silesia Medyków 18 40-752 Katowice Poland Tel.: + 48/322/523 902 Fax: + 48/322/523 902 [email protected]

Autoimmune diseases comprise a group of about 85 heterogeneous conditions that can affect virtually any organ and tissue in the body. Many autoimmune diseases change significantly during pregnancy: some ameliorate, some worsen, and others are unaffected. Two autoimmune diseases present prominently in relation to pregnancy: postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune hypophysitis. This arti...

A case of parathyroiditis with epithelial hyperplasia is reported in which the histological features suggest an autoimmune process analogous to Hashimoto's disease.

This review of literature attempts to identify the factors that are involved in the pathogenesis of Hashimoto thyroiditis, an immune defect in an individual with genetic susceptibility accompanied with environmental factors. The frequency of Hashimoto's disease is a growing trend and among Caucasians it is estimated at approximately 5%. The dysfunction of the gland may be clinically evident (0....

Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) is the most common endocrine disorder in childhood and adolescence. Also it is the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism in children. Thyroid hormones have critical impact on early brain development, somatic growth, bone maturation; they play a role in synthesis of more than 100 proteins that cons...

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