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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis are family history, female gender, and other autoimmune diseases. | Common risk factors in the development of [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] are family history, female gender, and other [[autoimmune diseases]]. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The risk factors for Hashimoto's thyroiditis are:<ref name="pmid26361257">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ajjan RA, Weetman AP |title=The Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Further Developments in our Understanding |journal=Horm. Metab. Res. |volume=47 |issue=10 |pages=702–10 |year=2015 |pmid=26361257 |doi=10.1055/s-0035-1548832 |url=}}</ref> | The risk factors for [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] are:<ref name="pmid26361257">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ajjan RA, Weetman AP |title=The Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Further Developments in our Understanding |journal=Horm. Metab. Res. |volume=47 |issue=10 |pages=702–10 |year=2015 |pmid=26361257 |doi=10.1055/s-0035-1548832 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Common Risk factors=== | ===Common Risk factors=== | ||
*Female gender | *Female gender | ||
*Family history | *Family history | ||
*Other autoimmune diseases like vitiligo, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison's disease, type 1 diabetes and pernicious anemia. | *Other autoimmune diseases like [[vitiligo]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[Addison's disease]], [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|type 1 diabetes]] and [[pernicious anemia]]. | ||
===Less common risk factors=== | ===Less common risk factors=== | ||
*Hygienic environment | *Hygienic environment | ||
*Selenium deficiency | *[[Selenium deficiency]] | ||
*Irradiation | *[[Irradiation]] | ||
*Drugs (cytokines, especially interferon-α, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, alemtuzumab) | *Drugs ([[cytokines]], especially [[interferon-α]], [[tyrosine kinase inhibitors]], [[alemtuzumab]]) | ||
*HHV-6 and Yersinia infection (low level of evidence) | *[[HHV-6 encephalitis|HHV-6]] and [[Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection|Yersinia infection]] (low level of evidence) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis are family history, female gender, and other autoimmune diseases.
Risk Factors
The risk factors for Hashimoto's thyroiditis are:[1]
Common Risk factors
- Female gender
- Family history
- Other autoimmune diseases like vitiligo, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison's disease, type 1 diabetes and pernicious anemia.
Less common risk factors
- Hygienic environment
- Selenium deficiency
- Irradiation
- Drugs (cytokines, especially interferon-α, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, alemtuzumab)
- HHV-6 and Yersinia infection (low level of evidence)
References
- ↑ Ajjan RA, Weetman AP (2015). "The Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Further Developments in our Understanding". Horm. Metab. Res. 47 (10): 702–10. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1548832. PMID 26361257.