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Thyroid dysfunction and rheumatological disease : Is there a link or association

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Internal Medicine

Advisors

El-Gendi, Hala E. , El-Hadidi, Khaled E. , Metwalli, Hala G.

Authors

Abdel-Aziz, Nahla Emad-El-Din

Accessioned

2017-07-12 06:40:54

Available

2017-07-12 06:40:54

type

M.D. Thesis

Abstract

Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is a multifactorial, genetic disease (ATD). Abnormalities in thyroid function and thyroid autoantibodies have been frequently described in patients with some rheumatological diseases as systemic lupus erythrematosus (SLE). Autoimmune route is one of the links between thyroid dysfunction and rheumatological diseases. The recurrent study included 20 patientswith rheumatological diseases, 20 subjects with thyroid diseases and 20 subjects as a control group who were undergone measuring the levels of ANA, Ads NA, Anti thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and Anti thyroglobulin (TG) for evaluation the relation between autoimmune thyroid diseases and connective tissue diseases.

Issued

1 Jan 2014

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/35982

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Thesis

Created At

31 Jan 2023