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- Title
Prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in spanish patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria: a case-control study involving 343 subjects.
- Authors
Díaz ‐ Angulo, S.; López ‐ Hoyos, M.; Muñoz Cacho, P.; Fernández, M.; López ‐ Escobar, M.; Rodríguez, F.; González ‐ López, M.A.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which aimed to determine and compare the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (TA) in Spanish patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) and healthy controls. Topics covered include the clinical history and physical examination that the patients underwent, how the thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab) and thyroid globulin antibody (TG-Ab) were assessed and the frequency of anti-thyroid autoantibodies in patients with CIU and in healthy controls.
- Subjects
DISEASE prevalence; AUTOIMMUNITY; THYROID gland; URTICARIA; GLOBULINS; AUTOANTIBODIES; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 4, p692
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jdv.12979