Effect of levothyroxine treatment on clinical symptoms and serum cytokine levels in euthyroid patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and thyroid autoimmunity


Kiyici S., Gul O. O., Baskan E. B., Hacioglu S., BUDAK F., Erturk E., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.6, ss.603-607, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Background. Screening for thyroid autoimmunity in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is generally recommended. However, there are not yet sufficient data as to whether levothyroxine treatment is beneficial for the clinical symptoms of CIU in patients with thyroid autoimmunity.