Inflammatory arthritis and thyroid Archives

Abstract Number: 2166 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Inflammatory Arthropathy and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Eliangel J García-Carrión¹, Luis M Valderrama-Hinds¹, Evelyn Hernandez², Maria Isabel Agostini², Omar R Reyes Morales³, Soham Al Snih⁴, Liliana Fung² and Martín A Rodríguez^5,6, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), ²Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), ³Philosophy of science, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), ⁴University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ⁵Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Reumáticas, Caracas, Venezuela, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Background/Purpose: Patients with Hashimoto´s thyroiditis (HT) are frequently seen by rheumatologists due to rheumatic complain that do not fit into diagnostic criteria for a definite…

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