EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE

Most diseases involve many genes in complex interactions, in addition to physical and cultural environmental factors. If a disease is caused by genetic and environmental factors, its etiological origin can be referred to as having a multifactorial pattern. The common multifactorial diseases encompass environmental inuences on the causal processes. Thyroid is a multifactorial type of origin of disease. The epidemiological studies show that if...