Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Entero-Chromaffin-like Cell Hyperplasia: Early Detection and Somatostatin Analogue Treatment

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Entero-Chromaffin-like Cell Hyperplasia: Early Detection and Somatostatin Analogue Treatment

Type IIIb polyglandular autoimmune disease comprises autoimmune thyroid disease (HT) and chronic atrophic gastritis (AIG). Hypergastrinemia, secondary to AIG, predisposes to gastric enterochromaffin-like cell (ECL) hyperplasia, a preneoplastic condition. We evaluated the prevalence of AIG, hypergast...

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Main Authors: A. Renzullo, G. Accardo, D. Esposito, A. De Bellis, A. Bizzarro, M. Romano, A. Federico, A.G. Gravina, G. Conzo, G. Pannone, A. Faggiano, A. Colao, D. Pasquali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-09-01
Series:European Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1301100329

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