Prevalence and early diagnosis of coeliac disease in autoimmune thyroid disorders.

Coeliac disease is associated with several autoimmune disorders such as insulin-dependent diabetes, Sjogren's syndrome, Addison's disease and thyroid diseases. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of coeliac disease in patients affected by autoimmune thyroid diseases by means of anti-gliadin and anti-endomysial antibodies.We studied 92 patients affected by autoimmune thyroid diseases (47 chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, 22...