ea0037gp.26.10 | Thyroid – hypothyroidism | ECE2015
Jabrocka-Hybel Agata
, Skalniak Anna
, Pietkowski Jakub
, Turek-Jabrocka Renata
, Vyhouskaya Palina
, Tsang Adrian
, Lizis-Kolus Katarzyna
, Sokolowski Grzegorz
, Pach Dorota
, Hubalewska-Dydejczyk Alicja
Background: The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) cluster is a genetic region that has been associated with multiple autoimmune disorders, also with autoimmune thyroid diseases. Plenty attempts to establish the significance of class II HLA-DR in Hashimotos thyroiditis (HT) development were undertaken in the past; however, reports are rather divergent. This might be caused by different criteria used to diagnose HT. There is however an alternative hypothesis, according to whic...