Pentoxifylline Explores New Horizons in Treatment of Hashimoto Thyroiditis
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Pentoxifylline Explores New Horizons in Treatment of Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Hashimoto Thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of hypothyroidism in developed countries. As the disease initiates unusual thyroidal antigens are exposed to the immune system. The immune system sensitizes to those antigens and creates a cell mediated autoimmune response against thyroid gland. Inflammatory cells infiltrate within thyroid follicles and destruct the follic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology and Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0974-8369
DOI: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000293