Erschienen in:
12.11.2018 | Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: SNAS and thyroid autoimmunity risk
verfasst von:
Erin Wesner, Calvin T. Sung, Sharon E. Jacob
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
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Ausgabe 2/2019
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Excerpt
We commend Andrioli et al. for highlighting the higher prevalence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) in Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome (SNAS) patients (26.5%) compared to patients with other autoimmune inflammatory disorders (12.7%) including type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, Sjogren’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus [
1], as this calls for re-evaluation of the outdated paradigm of categorizing autoimmune diseases strictly into Th1 and Th2 axes. …