Rheumatology International

, Volume 32, Issue 6, pp 1851–1852 | Cite as

Subclinical Riedel’s thyroiditis with hypothyroidism coexisting with Mikulicz’s disease

  • Takao Nagashima
  • Akihito Maruyama
  • Shino Takatori
  • Meri Saito
  • Jun-ichi Osuga
  • Seiji Minota
Letter to the Editor

Keywords

Hypothyroidism Thyroid Gland Goiter Submandibular Gland Lacrimal Gland 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Notes

Conflict of interest

None.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Takao Nagashima
    • 1
  • Akihito Maruyama
    • 1
  • Shino Takatori
    • 1
  • Meri Saito
    • 1
  • Jun-ichi Osuga
    • 2
  • Seiji Minota
    • 1
  1. 1.Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of MedicineJichi Medical UniversityShimotsukeJapan
  2. 2.Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of MedicineJichi Medical UniversityShimotsukeJapan

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