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Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

March 2007

• The course of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in children is variable
  
  
• Radioiodine decreases thyroid enlargement in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
  
  

November 2006

• Thyroiditis occurs in 5 to 10 percent of postpartum women

July 2006

• Increasing iodine intake is associated with higher rates of hypothyroidism
  
  
• Thyroxine therapy results in a decrease in thyroid size in children and adolescents with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis

November 2005

• Patients with multiple sclerosis who are treated with interferon-β may have autoimmune thyroid disease and thyroid dysfunction
  
  
• Statin drugs may increase thyroid secretion and decrease autoimmunity in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

July 2005

• In healthy people, high serum antithyroid antibody concentrations are associated with high serum thyrotropin concentrations and thyroid enlargement
  
  
• High serum antithyroid antibody concentrations are not associated with Helicobacter pylori infection
  
  
• Thyroxine therapy does not improve the outcome of in vitro fertilization in women with autoimmune thyroiditis

March 2005

• High serum antithyroid antibody values are a risk factor for miscarriage
  
  
• Serum antithyroid antibody concentrations decrease after treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection

November 2004

• Patients with chronic hepatitis C infection often have thyroid disorders

July 2004

• Some patients with chronic urticaria have autoimmune thyroid disease
  
  
• Many women with the polycystic ovary syndrome have high serum antithyroid antibody concentrations
  
  
• Thyroid echogenicity is diminished in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

March 2004

• Seasonal allergic rhinitis may lead to recurrence of hyperthyroidism in women with Graves’ disease

• Patients with Hashimoto’s encephalopathy have high cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of antithyroid antibodies

November 2003

• Some patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis have persistent thyroid pain that is relieved by thyroidectomy

• Many relatives of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease have positive test results for thyroid autoimmunity

• Thyroid ablation leads to disappearance of antithyroid antibodies in patients with thyroid cancer

July 2003

• Rising frequency of autoimmune thyroid disease with time in type 1 diabetes mellitus

March 2003

• Autoimmune thyroid disease is common in patients with pulmonary hypertension

• Production of mouse antibodies that act like the thyroid-stimulating antibodies of Graves' disease

March 2002

• The frequency of celiac disease is increased slightly in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis