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Hakaru Hashimoto (橋本 策, Hashimoto Hakaru, May 5, 1881 – January 9, 1934) [1] [2] was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist of the Meiji and Taishō periods. He is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis .
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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is a T-lymphocyte mediated attack on the thyroid gland. [15] T helper 1 cells trigger macrophages and cytotoxic lymphocytes to destroy thyroid follicular cells , while T helper 2 cells stimulate the excessive production of B cells and plasma cells which generate antibodies against the thyroid antigens , leading to ...
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis was first described by Japanese physician Hashimoto Hakaru working in Germany in 1912. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and patients with this disease often complain about difficulty swallowing. This condition may be so mild at first that the disease goes unnoticed for years.
Hakaru (written: 策 or 量) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include: Hakaru Hashimoto ( 橋本 策 , 1881–1934) , Japanese physician
Nakayama's elder brother, Morihiko Nakayama served as Professor of Surgery at the same school. Nakayama's students included a Chinese physician Guo Moruo and Hakaru Hashimoto. Hashimoto thanked Nakayama for his guidance in his paper which led to the name of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Nakayama studied the life cycle of Schistosoma japonicum.
Anti-sodium/iodide (Anti–Na + /I −) symporter antibodies are a more recent discovery and their clinical relevance is still unknown. Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are commonly associated with the presence of anti-thyroid autoantibodies. Although there is overlap, anti-TPO antibodies are most commonly associated with Hashimoto's ...