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Abstract
Transient autoimmune thyroiditis occurring in the POSTPARTUM PERIOD. It is characterized by the presence of high titers of AUTOANTIBODIES against THYROID PEROXIDASE and THYROGLOBULIN. Clinical signs include the triphasic thyroid hormone pattern: beginning with THYROTOXICOSIS, followed with HYPOTHYROIDISM, then return to euthyroid state by 1 year postpartum.
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- Post-partum Thyroiditis
- Post partum Thyroiditis
- Post-partum Thyroiditides
- Postpartum Thyroiditides
- Thyroiditides, Post-partum
- Thyroiditides, Postpartum
- Thyroiditis, Post-partum
- Thyroiditis, Postpartum
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2006
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- Thyroiditis (1983-2005)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Postpartum Thyroiditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050032. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050032
- Postpartum Thyroiditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_thyroiditis
- Postpartum Thyroiditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16488