about 8% of the general population suffers from autoimmune diseases, from which 78% are women. one of the most important causes of thyroid diseases is autoimmunity in origin, and it seems that people with thyroid diseases present more signs of asthma. this study was therefore designed to investigate the frequency of autoimmune thyroid diseases in women suffering from bronchial asthma. in a cros...

Many hypothyroid and autoimmune thyroid patients experience reactions with specific foods. Additionally, food interactions may play a role in a subset of individuals who have difficulty finding a suitable thyroid hormone dosage. Our study was designed to investigate the potential role of dietary protein immune reactivity with thyroid hormones and thyroid axis target sites. We identified immune ...

Background: Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a disorder of multi causal etiology. Autoimmunity has been proposed as a mechanism for some cases of ovarian follicle dysfunction which is evident in POF. The aim of this study was to identify the level of auto-antibodies in POF and familial POF patients. Materials and Methods: In this study, auto-antibodies including anti-ovarian antibody (AOA), a...

Objective: The clinical diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) is usually confirmed by detection of various antibodies in the patient’s blood or by histopathological evaluation. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence of serum antibodies in histopathologically proven AITD and assessed the correlation between antibodies and thyroid dysfunction. Methods: 100 consecutive patients with ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The involvement of thyroid autoimmunity and dysfunction in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection before interferon-α (IFN-α) therapy remains controversial. We performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the association of HCV infection with the presence of anti-thyroid antibodies and dysthyroidism. METHODS A literature search was carried out to collect artic...

BACKGROUND Thyroid antibody testing is not routinely available in developing countries, and few studies have measured thyroid antibodies in Africans. The significance of thyroid autoimmunity in an African setting is thus unclear. AIM To determine the prevalence of thyroid antibodies in patients attending a Nigerian teaching hospital. DESIGN Prospective survey. METHODS We measured antibodi...

Recent studies in the field of autoimmune thyroid diseases have largely focused on the delineation of B-cell auto-epitopes recognized by the main autoantigens to improve our understanding of how these molecules are seen by the immune system. Among these autoantigens which are targeted by autoantibodies during the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases, thyroid peroxidase is a major player. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Kuwait. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In a mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal study, anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG) were measured in 232 subjects (118 males and 114 females) with type 1 diabetes. RESULTS The mean age of the total study popula...