Chronic gastroduodenitis in children with comorbid autoimmune thyroiditis
This article represents the results of the examination of 110 children including 72 children with chronic gastroduodenitis and autoimmune thyroiditis and 38 children only with chronic gastroduodenitis. We have shown that in patients with chronic gastroduodenitis and autoimmune thyroiditis found etiological, clinical and morphological features, and the number of antibodies to H + K + ATPase of gastric parietal cells was positively correlated with the level of TSH, thyroid size, degree of focal destruction of the body of the stomach and inflammatory changes in the duodenum.