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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Puerperal Disorders > Postpartum Thyroiditis
Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Thyroiditis, Autoimmune > Postpartum Thyroiditis
Endocrine System Diseases > Thyroid Diseases > Thyroiditis > Thyroiditis, Autoimmune > Postpartum Thyroiditis

Preferred term

Postpartum Thyroiditis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Post-partum Thyroiditides
  • Post partum Thyroiditis
  • Post-partum Thyroiditis
  • Thyroiditides, Post-partum
  • Thyroiditis, Post-partum

Note

  • check the tag FEMALE

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050032

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