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Originally Posted by Annesse
Phenylalanine is also needed to produce both of the thyroid hormones,
so we would expect MS patients to have an increased risk of developing hypothyroidism. The following study on MS and thyroid disorders found
that thyroid disorders were at least three times more common in women
with MS than in female controls, and that, this was accounted for mainly
by the prevalence of hypothyroidism.
Association of MS with Thyroid Disorders.
Karni, A., O. Abramsky. 1999. Neurology 53(4):883-5.
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Neurology. 1999 Sep 11;53(4):883-5.
Association of MS with thyroid disorders.
Karni A, Abramsky O.
Source
Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract
A controlled prospective study was conducted to determine whether thyroid disorders are present with increased frequency in patients with MS. We found that thyroid disorders were at least three times more common in women with MS than in female controls. This was accounted for mainly by the prevalence of hypothyroidism among the female MS patients. Because hypothyroidism is usually due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, its association with MS may support the hypothesis of autoimmune pathogenesis for MS. Our findings might have therapeutic implications because interferon treatment can induce antithyroid antibodies and thyroiditis.
PMID:
10489063
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10489063
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