<b>Association of HTLV‐I with autoimmune thyroiditis in patients with adult T‐cell leukaemia (ATL) and in HTLV‐I carriers</b>

Abstract

This study demonstrates a high prevalence of positivity for thyroid autoantibodies (TPOAb and/ or TGAb) in the adult T-cell leukaemia patients and the HTLV-I carriers. The adult T-cell leukaemia patients and the HTLV-I carriers each had a high prevalence of hypothyroidism. There was an association between HTLV-I infection and autoimmune thyroiditis.