INCREASED RISK OF AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE WITH VITILIGO
October 28, 2012 by admin
Filed under Health Blog
A systematic review has found that patients with vitiligo ( a skin disease where skin pigmentation changes) are at increased risk of thyroid disease. In a review of 48 studies published between 1968 and 2012, Dutch researchers found the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) was more than twice as high in patients with vitiligo. […]
