Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
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Department of Pharmacology, International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, París, 3r 1a Barcelona, Spain

Publications

• Research Article   
  Etiopathogenetic Mechanisms in Hashimoto?s Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
  Author(s): Isabel García* and Sergio Abanades
  
  Hashimoto’s disease (HD) is an autoimmune thyroid disease often leading to hypothyroidism. The current therapy for these patients consists in traditional Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to compensate inadequate thyroid function. However, clinical management of this and other autoimmune disorders usually dismisses the etiologic component, even when the gold-standard pharmacological treatment is not effective and/or the patient remains asymptomatic. Here, we propose to dig into the etiopathogenic factors as an attempt to unravel patient’s negative response to therapy and to improve therapeutic and preventive approaches as standard medical practice as well as to complement HRT. These factors may include genetic susceptibility, intestinal permeability defects, other pathologies like celiac disease, gluten intolerance and biopsychosocialstress, gender, se.. View More»
  

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