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Question about hashimoto's thyroiditis. how familial is it?
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Quite: There are families with multiple hyper and hypothyroid relatives, and index cases where the patient is the first (known) person in the family.
Answered 10/23/2013
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Very: Hashimoto's thyroiditis is very common in the general population, and we see family members with autoimmune thyroid disease frequently.
Answered 3/28/2014
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