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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-09-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1301100329 |