Panasonic Corporation, one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, was founded as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. in 1918. The company was renamed to Panasonic Corporation in 2008.

Three principal thyroid autoantigens are involved in AITD. These are thyroperoxidase (TPO), thyroglobulin (Tg) and the TSH receptor. Other autoantigens, such as the Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS ...