High rate of persistent hypothyroidism in a large-scale prospective study of postpartum thyroiditis in Southern Italy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 652-657

  Stagnaro Green, Alex ^a   Schwartz, Alan ^b   Gismondi, Riccardo ^c   Tinelli, Andrea ^d   Mangieri, Tiziana ^d   Negro, Roberto ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

^d VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; ITALY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952287241     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1980     Document Type: Article

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