ABSTRACT
Introduction............................................................................................................359 Pathogenetic Mechanisms Inducing Autoimmunity .............................................361 HCV-Related Chronic Hepatitis,
α
-IFN Treatment, and Development of AITD..................................................................................................................363 References..............................................................................................................367
Thyroid autoimmunity was described about 48 years ago with the identification of antibodies against thyroglobulin in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and against the thyrotropin-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor in patients with Graves’ disease (GD).
