Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) associated with periodontal disease (P.D).Material and methods: 42 patients with TCA and BP were tested for ANA (Group 1) and 50 patients with TCA without BP (Group 2). Inclusion criterias – absence of other autoimmune diseases associated with positive ANA patients. Thyroid hormone deficiency has established thyroid function. Patien...

Introduction: Periodontal disease (PD) is a disease with infectious determinism, initiating inflammatory and autoimmune processes, in intricate evolutionary stages, affecting 10% to 60% of adults.Objectives: Between chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) and PD there are observations regarding pathogenic interconditioning.Material and methodGroup 1 (n = 109 patients) comprised 84 women and 25 men. ...