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Autoimmune thyroid diseases, comprised by Hashimoto thyroiditis, Graves disease, and their variants, are characterised histologically by lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland, biochemically by the presence of well-defined autoantibodies, and clinically by the impairment of thyroid function. The aetiology and mechanisms of the autoimmune damage depend upon genes and environmental factors such as iodine intake […]

Mild hypothyroidism describes the condition where the plasma levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are above the ‘normal’ upper limit (which is still a subject of debate) but where there is no equivalent change in circulating levels of the thyroid hormones tetraiodothyronine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Many studies have concluded that since the majority of […]