Overview
A combination of endocrine and nonendocrine autoimmune diseases causing increased thyroid secretion and thyroid gland enlargement.
A combination of endocrine and nonendocrine autoimmune diseases causing increased thyroid secretion and thyroid gland enlargement.
Symptoms vary according to the type:
Type 1 diabetes, Graves’ disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis, Addison’s disease, vitiligo, alopecia areata, hypogonadism, autoimmune liver disease, and pernicious anemia.
Genetic factors have been associated with all three APS. Females have also been found to be more affected in APS II and APS III.
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