We should also take note of patients on anti-thyroid drugs or treated with high doses of radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer, who may find themselves in a situation with an increased risk for neutropenia and agranulocytosis, thus aggravating any type of infection; also, SAT-associated temporary excess of thyroid hormones should be differentiated from primary hyperthyroidism in order to avoid unnecessary exposure to anti-thyroid drugs [109,110]. This evidence concerns the gene TG and thyroiditis.