autoimmune thyroid disease
MONDO:0005623Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names autoimmune thyroid disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-cells and thyroid autoantibodies. The clinical signs can range from hypothyroidism to thyrotoxicosis depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005623), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: autoimmune thyroid disease
- Also called
- autoimmune thyroid gland inflammation