loading...| Preferred Name | autoimmune thyroid disease | |
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thyroiditides, autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditides thyroiditides, lymphocytic lymphomatous thyroiditides autoimmune thyroiditides lymphomatous thyroiditis thyroiditides, lymphomatous thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, lymphomatous lymphocytic thyroiditis autoimmune thyroiditis autoimmune thyroid gland inflammation |
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| Definitions |
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages their thyroid. It can be either hyper- or hypothyroidism. (http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24314 - accessed 20th July, 2015) |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005623 |
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Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages their thyroid. It can be either hyper- or hypothyroidism. (http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24314 - accessed 20th July, 2015) |
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thyroiditides, autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditides thyroiditides, lymphocytic lymphomatous thyroiditides autoimmune thyroiditides lymphomatous thyroiditis thyroiditides, lymphomatous thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, lymphomatous lymphocytic thyroiditis autoimmune thyroiditis autoimmune thyroid gland inflammation |
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| definition |
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages their thyroid. It can be either hyper- or hypothyroidism. (http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24314 - accessed 20th July, 2015) |
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autoimmune thyroid gland inflammation |
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thyroiditides, autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditides thyroiditides, lymphocytic lymphomatous thyroiditides autoimmune thyroiditides lymphomatous thyroiditis thyroiditides, lymphomatous thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, lymphomatous lymphocytic thyroiditis autoimmune thyroiditis |
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autoimmune thyroid disease |
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MONDO:0005623 |
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autoimmune thyroid disease |
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| textual definition |
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. |
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