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Incidence and Clinical Implications of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the Development of Acne in Young Patients

Delia Mirela TitSimona BungauLaura Maghiar ȚOdanLaura EndresErika Bimbo-szuhaiNicoleta NegrutNicoleta Anamaria PascalauGabriela Mariana Iancu

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Medicine (General)medicine.medical_specialtyClinical BiochemistryPopulation030209 endocrinology & metabolismArticleAutoimmune thyroiditis030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciencesR5-9200302 clinical medicineacne vulgarishyperthyroidismMedicineIn patienteducationAcneeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)autoimmune thyroiditismedicine.diseaseDermatologyAnti-thyroid autoantibodiesskin disordersdermatologyhypothyroidismbusinessHormone

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Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) is on the rise among the population, and is frequently associated with patients with acne vulgaris, especially females aged between 18–55 years old. The connection between the two is not fully elucidated. In this study, 236 patients diagnosed with acne in the dermatological office of the private Pelican Hospital and in few private dermatological offices from Oradea, Romania, during January 2018–December 2020, aged between 12 and 55 years old, were endocrinologically investigated to determine AIT and its influence on the severity of the acne. The values for the thyroid antibodies and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) were determined for all of the subjects. The frequency of AIT in the study group was 72% and was associated with severe acne (p &lt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-04-28Diagnostics
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11050794