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Recurrent Silent Thyroiditis as a Sequela of Postpartum Thyroiditis
Thyroiditis encompasses a group of disorders characterized by thyroid inflammation. Though clinically indistinguishable from silent thyroiditis, postpartum thyroiditis occurs in women within 12 months after delivery. Recurrent postpartum thyroiditis in subsequent pregnancies is common, but recurrent silent thyroiditis is rare. We reported a case of patient with recurrent episodes of thyroiditis...
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Background. Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is a common triphasic autoimmune disease in women with thyroid peroxidase (TPO) autoantibodies. This study evaluated women's thyroid disease symptoms, physical findings, stress levels, and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels across six postpartum months in three groups, TPO negative, TPO positive, and PPT positive women. Methods. Women were recruite...
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Three women are described from a study of patients with postpartum thyroiditis whose sera gave spuriously increased concentrations of free thyroid hormone because of antibody binding of radiolabeled thyroxin (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) analogs. All of the women showed increased serum concentrations of thyroid autoantibodies. The antibody binding of radiolabeled analogs and its effect on free...
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Autoimmune diseases comprise a group of about 85 heterogeneous conditions that can affect virtually any organ and tissue in the body. Many autoimmune diseases change significantly during pregnancy: some ameliorate, some worsen, and others are unaffected. Two autoimmune diseases present prominently in relation to pregnancy: postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune hypophysitis. This arti...
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Five percent of all pregnant women and 25% of pregnant women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) develop postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) during the first year after delivery. PPT has significant morbidity and can be predicted prenatally by the presence of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibody. Our objective was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of screening pregnant women for the TPO anti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.54.638.793