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Aamir Malik
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10/27/05 - 04:22 AM

Thyroid disease are more common in female than man why??

sturge_weber
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10/28/05 - 04:50 PM

may be because some have autoimmune origin, and autoimmune diseases more common in women

Aamir Malik
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10/28/05 - 05:05 PM

But I have heard that thyroid tissue has estrogen recepters in it. Dont know the exact link of that explain please if some one knows?

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