Coeliac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease.
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Coeliac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease.
A well defined cohort of coeliac patients was studied prospectively to assess the prevalence of coexisting thyroid disease and positive thyroid autoantibodies. Comparison with epidemiological data on the prevalence of coeliac disease in a neighbouring area suggested that few adult coeliac patients had been missed. Overall, 14% of the coeliac patients had thyroid disease: 10.3% were hypothyroid ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.37.3.447