PubMed · 2729879
[Latent and postpartum thyroiditis. Prospective study].
Abstract
Thyroid evaluation was performed in 85 women at childbirth, then between 2 and 7 months, and 14 months later. Transient subclinical hypothyroidism was found in one woman; antithyroid antibodies were found in 10 and were persistent in 6, suggesting a late thyroiditis. For these 6 cases, 5 HLA typing showed 3 Locus DR4. The proportion of antithyroid antibody was the same in a reference population. This finding would be in agreement with the hypothesis of a latent thyroiditis, revealed by pregnancy. Relative iodine deficiency in France could explain the low frequency of post partum thyroiditis in the present study.
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C Houdent, M F Turck, J P Basuyau, A Delpech, P Leclerc, P Brunelle, B Cavelier, C Duval, L M Wolf. 1989. [Latent and postpartum thyroiditis. Prospective study].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2729879/
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