Endocrine Abstracts

AutoImmune Thyroid Disease (AITD) is, nowadays, generally considered to be a complex multifactorial entity, in which the interplay between genetic and environmental factors results in the expression of the disease. Genetic predisposition plays a major role in the pathogenesis of AITD, as siblings and other family members of AITD patients are at increased risk for AITD. Then, how can we, as physicians, answer the question of our AITD patients ‘will my children also get the...