[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.

• Authors: C Houdent, M F Turck, J P Basuyau, A Delpech, P Leclerc, P Brunelle, B Cavelier, C Duval, L M Wolf
• Journal: Annales d'endocrinologie (Ann Endocrinol (Paris)) Vol. 50 Issue 1 Pg. 36-9 ( 1989) ISSN: 0003-4266 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Thyroïdite latente et post-partum. Etude prospective.
• PMID: 2729879 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Hypothyroidism (immunology)
• Pregnancy
• Prospective Studies
• Puerperal Disorders (immunology)
• Thyroiditis, Autoimmune (immunology)