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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Infectious diseases have long been considered one of the triggers for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. Since the appearance of the new coronavirus in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China, there have been many reports suggesting that infection with coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) precedes th...

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Autores principales: Knack, Rafael Silvestre, Hanada, Taliê, Knack, Renata Silvestre, Mayr, Kamilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34373245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244909
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Sumario:Infectious diseases have long been considered one of the triggers for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. Since the appearance of the new coronavirus in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China, there have been many reports suggesting that infection with coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) precedes the appearance of several autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. We describe a case report of a patient who was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and later developed a picture of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.