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Automimmune disorders that occur with increased frequency in patients with thyroid disease include insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, myasthenia gravis, celiac disease, pernicious anemia, vitiligo, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, primary biliary cirrhosis, dermatitis herpetiformis, and Sjogren's syndrome.

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• High prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15012623?dopt=Abstract
  Study that suggests a threefold higher prevalence of AIT in patients with PCOS. From Entrez PubMed.

• Interrelations Between Fibromyalgia, Thyroid Autoantibodies, and Depression

  http://www.jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts04/2036.html
  A look at the association between fibromyalgia (FM) and thyroid autoimmunity. From The Journal of Rheumatology.

• Possible link found between hypothyroidism and glaucoma in men

  http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2004/1/2004185.shtml
  Contains a study involving 600 male patients.

• Thyroid Disease and Diabetes

  http://journal.diabetes.org/clinicaldiabetes/v18n12000/Pg38.htm
  Diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of thyroid disorders compared with the normal population.

• Thyroid Problems Boost Glaucoma Risk

  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=6044975&page=1&page=1
  Article suggests thyroid patients see an ophthalmologist to check their eye pressure to prevent blindness.

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