Rethinking screening for thyroid autoimmunity in vitiligo

Michael Liu; Elizabeth Murphy; Erin Huiras Amerson

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2016.04.029

Rethinking screening for thyroid autoimmunity in vitiligo

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Dec;75(6):1278-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.04.029.

Authors

Michael Liu¹, Elizabeth Murphy², Erin Huiras Amerson³

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: Erin.Huiras@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 27846959
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.04.029

No abstract available

Keywords: Graves disease; Hashimoto thyroiditis guidelines; antithyroid peroxidase antibody; autoimmune thyroid disease; best practice; screening; thyroid autoantibodies; thyroid-stimulating hormone; vitiligo.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / blood
Dermatology / methods
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating / blood
Iodide Peroxidase / immunology
Thyroid Diseases / blood*
Thyroid Diseases / diagnosis*
Thyroid Diseases / physiopathology
Thyrotropin / blood
Vitiligo / immunology*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
anti-thyroglobulin
Thyrotropin
Iodide Peroxidase