Guidelines for the diagnosis of Graves' disease, hypothyroidism, painless thyroiditis, chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), and subacute thyroiditis (acute phase)
In 2002, the Japan Thyroid Association (JTA) established the Thyroid Disease Diagnostic Guidelines Development Working Group, which developed diagnostic guidelines for five major diseases: Graves' disease, hypothyroidism, painless thyroiditis, chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), and subacute thyroiditis (acute phase). Since then, the guidelines have been repeatedly revised under the leadership of successive JTA Presidents. Meanwhile, several other diagnostic and treatment guidelines have been established by JTA Working Groups on Important Clinical Issues and published elsewhere. Here, with the launch of Thyroid Science, an English-language medical journal published by the JTA, we have decided to republish the original guidelines for the five diseases in this journal. However, because these guidelines were originally formulated as expert opinions, the papers have been updated to include new references supporting each description. Furthermore, definitions of each disease have been provided, and the format has been adapted to match the latest guidelines.
Authors
- Norisato Mitsutake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-8046)
- Eijun Nishihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1786-0077)
- Naoko Arata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-7653)
- Noriyuki Koibuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2247-9740)
- Miyuki Katai
- Hidemitsu Tsutsui
- Natsuko Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-5004)
- Hiroki Shimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-2943)
- Iwao Sugitani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5560-0706)
- Kanshi Minamitani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-2590)
- Tetsuo Kondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2268-0302)
- Tetsuya Tagami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-3027)
- Shigeru Hirano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-6613)
- Hitoshi Noguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2186-4719)
- Akira Sugawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-8101)
- Tomonobu Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-3989)
- Yoshitaka Hayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-4303)
- Seigo Kinuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4495-4872)
- Koshi Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3530-689X)
- Nagaoki Toyoda
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (JP)
- Kansai Medical University (JP)
- Fukushima Medical University (JP)
- Tokyo Medical University (JP)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Kyoto Medical Center (JP)
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (JP)
- Tohoku University Hospital (JP)
- Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foundation (JP)
- Ito Hospital (JP)
- Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center (JP)
- National Center For Child Health and Development (JP)
- Kuma Hospital (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- University of Yamanashi (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
- Nippon Medical School (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thyroid Science
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thscie.2025.100032
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.29