ea0020p113 | Thyroid | ECE2009
Guclu Feyzullah
, Ozmen Bilgin
, Kirmaz Cengiz
, Kafesciler Sabriye
, Taneli Fatma
, Hekimsoy Zeliha
Background: Hashimotos thyroiditis is a chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. It is the most common cause of primary hypothyroidism in adolescent period, via autoimmune thyroid tissue destruction and affecting 2% of the population. In this study we want to investigate the role of the cytokines such as IL-2, IL-12, TNF-α and IFN-γ in the pathogenesis of the disease and the changes of cytokine levels with the L-thyroxine treatment....