Description
autoimmune thyroid disease: Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
E4_THYROIDITAUTOIM |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: E063 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: E063 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology