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ea0026oc4.6 | Diabetes/Thyroid | ECE2011

No causal relationship between Yersinia enterocolitica infection and autoimmune thyroid disease: evidence from a prospective study

Effraimidis G , Tijssen J G P , Wiersinga W M

Objective: To evaluate prospectively the relationship between Yersinia Enterocolitica (YE) infection and the development of overt autoimmune hypo- or hyperthyroidism (study A) and the de novo occurrence of thyroid antibodies (study B).Subjects and methods: Prospective cohort study of 790 euthyroid women who were 1st or 2nd degree relatives of AITD patients. Follow-up was 5 years, with annual assessments.Study A. Nested case&...