Epidemiological and clinical aspects of autoimmune thyroid diseases in children with Down's syndrome

• Main Authors: Tommaso Aversa (Author), Giuseppe Crisafulli (Author), Giuseppina Zirilli (Author), Filippo De Luca (Author), Romina Gallizzi (Author), Mariella Valenzise (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aim of this commentary is to report the main peculiarities that have been found to characterize the phenotypic expression of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) in children with Down's syndrome (DS). According to recent reports, DS children are, per se, more exposed to the risk of both...