Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Associations of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) with autoimmune gastri-tis and mental disorders have been suggested, but evidence for a connection is lacking.Methods: We compared the co-incidence of parietal cell antibodies (PCA>20 RE/ml), intrinsic factor antibodies (IFA>1.19 AU/ml), vitamin B12 plasma levels (<200 pg/ml) and mental illness in patients with AITD (n=398), e.g. active (TPO+), atrophic (TPO−) and ...