Protocol for a double-blinded randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of faecal microbiota transplantations on thyroid reserve in patients with subclinical autoimmune hypothyroidism in the Netherlands: the IMITHOT trial
Background Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is a common endocrine autoimmune disease affecting roughly 5% of the general population and involves life-long treatment with levothyroxine, as no curative treatment yet exists. Over the past decade, the crosstalk between gut microbiota and the host immune system has been well-recognised, identifying the gut microbiome as an important factor in host health and disease, including susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Previous observational studies yielded a link between disruption of the gut microbiome composition and HT. This is the first study that inv... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 9 (2023) |
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BMJ Publishing Group
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Schlagwörter: | Medicine / R |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27191332 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073971 |