[Search of connections between systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases].

Both systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases are characterized by impairments in immunologic system. Sometimes co-occurence of the diseases are observed, but relations between them are still scarcely known. The present paper is a review of the literature concerning connections between lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid gland diseases.