ea0049oc9.3 | Thyroid Disease 2 | ECE2017
Skalniak Anna
, Jabrocka-Hybel Agata
, Piętkowski Jakub
, Turek-Jabrocka Renata
, Pach Dorota
, Ludwig-Gałęzowska Agnieszka
, Machlowska Julita
, Kapusta Przemysław
, Wołkow Paweł
, Hubalewska-Dydejczyk Alicja
Background: Hashimotos thyroiditis (HT) is a common autoimmune disorder of the thyroid (AITD) which affects about 12% of the European population. The disease often clusters in families, which is why many attempts have been undertaken to find the genetic background that would underly the predisposition to HT. In contrast to another AITD - Graves disease, results of genetic analyses have been ambiguous and have failed to find a major genetic locus that would be...