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Virus-induced thyroiditis
J Srinivasappa1, C Garzelli, T Onodera
1Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Endocrinology
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
Mice infected with reovirus type 1 developed a mild thyroiditis characterized by focal destruction of acinar tissue, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and autoantibodies to thyroglobulin and microsomal antigens. Thyroid involvement appears to be part of a more generalized virus-induced polyendocrine disease.