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of 'Epidemiology and clinical features of multiple sclerosis in adults'
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Is multiple sclerosis an autoimmune disorder?
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Roach ES
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Arch Neurol. 2004;61(10):1615.
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Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. sroach@wfubm.edu
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Association of MS with thyroid disorders.
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Karni A, Abramsky O
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Neurology. 1999;53(4):883.
A controlled prospective study was conducted to determine whether thyroid disorders are present with increased frequency in patients with MS. We found that thyroid disorders were at least three times more common in women with MS than in female controls. This was accounted for mainly by the prevalence of hypothyroidism among the female MS patients. Because hypothyroidism is usually due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, its association with MS may support the hypothesis of autoimmune pathogenesis for MS. Our findings might have therapeutic implications because interferon treatment can induce antithyroid antibodies and thyroiditis.
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Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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