Thyroiditis hashimoto - Altmeyers Encyclopedia - Department Internal medicine

Definition
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Most frequent, painless, autoimmunological inflammation of the thyroid gland (autoimmunological thyroiditis) with partial or complete destruction of the thyroid gland. There is a familial predisposition as well as a frequent association with other autoimmune diseases. Most frequent cause of hypothyroidism. For further information, see"Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis" below).