Latent Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Untreated Patients with HCV Chronic Hepatitis: a Case-control Study
| Autor: | Olivier Seror, Nathalie Ganne-Carrié, Emmanuelle Coderc, Jean-Claude Trinchet, Michel Beaugrand, Abdelkrim Medini, S. Grimbert, Christos Christidis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adult
Male endocrine system Cirrhosis endocrine system diseases Hepatitis C virus Immunology Thyroid Gland Thyrotropin Autoimmunity medicine.disease_cause Thyroiditis Autoimmune thyroiditis medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Aged Autoantibodies business.industry Thyroid Thyroiditis Autoimmune Autoantibody Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Chronic Middle Aged medicine.disease Anti-thyroid autoantibodies medicine.anatomical_structure Case-Control Studies Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autoimmunity. 14:189-193 |
| ISSN: | 0896-8411 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/jaut.1999.0360 |
| Popis: | In order to establish a relationship between Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection and autoimmune thyroiditis, 97 untreated patients with biopsy-proven HCV chronic hepatitis and 97 controls were studied. An ultrasound examination of the thyroid and an assay of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroid hormones and anti-thyroid antibodies were performed in all cases. The overall prevalence of thyroid abnormalities was higher in patients than in controls (17 vs. 4%, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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