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environmental triggers in a number of autoimmune diseases, including GD ( 11 , 12 ). Infections have been suggested to induce thyroid immunity by various mechanisms such as mimicking self-antigens, superantigen T-cell activation and inducing expression of human
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(9%) 0 0.52 Farming profession 19 (21%) 18 (45%) 0 0 1 (7%) <0.001 Autoimmune thyroid disease h,i 14/75 (19%) 2 (5%) b 0 d 12 (55%) 0 <0.001 Thyroid peroxidase antibody 23/69 (33%) 6/32 (19%) b 3
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involvement 81 72 31 Unknown involvement 146 (57%) Thyroid function 257 (100%) Autoimmune thyroiditis 95 37 37 Other thyroid diseases 8 3 3 No thyroiditis 154 60 60 Unknown
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Introduction Graves’ disease (GD) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease that is characterised by the infiltration of thyroid antigen-specific T-cells into thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor-expressing tissues ( 1 ). Its pathogenesis is
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of the autoimmune disease might be partially due to similar environmental exposures, but high concordance rates in monozygotic twins support substantial role of the genetic factors associated with the incidence of T1D, AD, and autoimmune thyroid