autoimmune thyroid disease
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005623
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. [ MESH:D013967 ]
Term info
- GARD:0006945 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:0006812 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- Wikipedia:Autoimmune_thyroiditis (EFO:0006812)
- MESH:D013967 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages their thyroid. It can be either hyper- or hypothyroidism. (http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24314 - accessed 20th July, 2015)
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis.
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D013967
autoimmune thyroid gland inflammation
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MONDO:0005623