Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type III (APS III) is a multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of multiple endocrine and non-endocrine glands. In APS III,

autoimmune thyroiditis Autoimmune thyroiditis, is a chronic disease in which the body interprets the thyroid glands and its hormone products T3, T4 and TSH as threats, therefore producing special antibodies that target the thyroid's cells, thereby destroying it. It may ...

must be present, but the adrenal cortex is not involved.

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