Frequency and determinants of thyroid autoimmunity in Ghanaian type 2 diabetes patients: a case-control study
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- 作者：Osei Sarfo-Kantanka ; Fred Stephen Sarfo ; Eunice Oparebea Ansah…
- 关键词：Thyroid autoimmunity ; Type 2 diabetes mellitus ; Associated factors
- 刊名：BMC Endocrine Disorders
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：549KB
- 刊物主题：Endocrinology; Metabolic Diseases; Diabetes; Andrology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6823
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundThe link between type 1 diabetes and thyroid autoimmunity is well described. The same cannot be said for type 2 diabetes where results have been mixed so far. We investigated the prevalence and determinants of thyroid autoimmunity among Ghanaian type 2 diabetes patients.