PMID: 20648767Jan 1, 2009Paper

Search of connections between systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Piotr Kocełak, Antoni Hrycek

Abstract

Both systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases are characterized by impairments in immunologic system. Sometimes co-occurence of the diseases are observed, but relations between them are still scarcely known. The present paper is a review of the literature concerning connections between lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases.

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