Open AccessStudy of autoimmune thyroiditis and coeliac disease prevalence in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) -
Ya. Boiko,
Ihor Hrytsiuk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bukovinsʹkij medičnij vìsnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-0737
pISSN - 1684-7903
DOI - 10.24061/2413-0737.xviii.3.71.2014.125
Subject(s) - medicine , coeliac disease , thyroiditis , anti nuclear antibody , euthyroid , autoimmune thyroiditis , juvenile rheumatoid arthritis , autoimmune disease , rheumatoid arthritis , arthritis , disease , immunology , antibody , thyroid , autoantibody
The aim of this investigation was to study prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis and celiac disease in 39 patients with JRA. Autoimmune euthyroid thyroiditis was diagnosed in 8 % of patients with JRA. Antithyroid antibodies were found in JRA female patients with oligoarticular form of the disease and with predominant presence of antinuclear antibodies. Screening for presence of tissue transglutaminaze antibodies did not reveal celiac disease in patients with JRA.