Aversa, T., Lombardo, F., Corrias, A., Salerno, M., De Luca, F. and Wasniewska, M. (2014) In Young Patients with Turner or Down Syndrome, Graves’ Disease Presentation Is often Preceded by Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Thyroid, 24, 744-747.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2013.0452

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Epidemiological, Pathophysiological and Clinical Peculiarities of Graves’ Disease in Children with Down and Turner Syndrome: A Literature Review

  AUTHORS: Malgorzata Wasniewska, Tommaso Aversa, Filippo De Luca, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Fortunato Lombardo

  KEYWORDS: Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases, Chromosomopathies, Clinical Course, Hyperthyroidism, Prevalence

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.6 No.12, June 23, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Aim: to describe the salient relationships between Graves’ disease (GD) and both Turner syndrome (TS) and Down syndrome (DS). Design: to conduct a secondary analysis of current literature on this topic. Results: 1) the prevalences of GD in TS and in DS young patients are 1.7% and 6.5‰, respectively, i.e. higher than that in pediatric general population (around 1‰); 2) in both these chromosomopathies GD presentation is often preceded by Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) antecedents; 3) in both TS and DS, GD presents with a clinical picture very similar to that observed in GD patients without these chromosomopathies; 4) in TS, clinical course of GD under pharmacological therapy is very similar to that observed in non-TS girls; 5) in DS, clinical course of GD under pharmacological therapy is less severe than that in non-DS patients. Conclusions: in the children with either TS or DS, GD is characterized by two common epidemiological peculiarities, i.e. increased prevalence rate and elevated frequency of HT antecedents.