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Flow cytometry phenotypization of thyroidal lymphoid infiltrate and functional status in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

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2006

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Pio Zeppa, Gilda Marino, Maria Lepore, Giancarlo Troncone, Bernadette Biondi, Marco Picardi, Fabrizio Pane, Antonio Vetrani, Lucio Palombini
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Abstract

Intrathyroidal CD4/CD8 < 1:1 ratio might be the expression of intense apoptosis in the early phases of HT, generally followed by the restoration of CD4/CD8 balance; persistence of increased intrathyroidal CD8 might be related to intense thyroidal damage and thus an increasing risk of hypothyroidism.