Open AccessPrevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus among patients of hypothyroidism in a tertiary care center
Author(s) -
Rudrajit Paul,
Pradip Raychaudhuri,
Pradip Kumar Sinha,
Sekhar Kumar Mookerjee,
Kaushik Pandit,
Gouranga Santra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.98013
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune thyroiditis , thyroiditis , epidemiology , logistic regression , population , systemic lupus erythematosus , etiology , exact test , immunology , pediatrics , disease , environmental health
Hypothyroidism is a common public health problem in India. With iodine sufficiency, autoimmune thyroiditis is becoming the most important etiology of hypothyroidism. Often, thyroiditis is associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases.