Postpartum thyroiditis and autoimmune thyroiditis in women of childbearing age: recent insights and consequences for antenatal and postnatal care

AF Muller, HA Drexhage, A Berghout - Endocrine reviews, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Postpartum thyroiditis is a syndrome of transient or permanent thyroid dysfunction occurring
in the first year after delivery and based on an autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid. The …

The thyroid immunology of the postpartum period

TF DAVIES - Thyroid, 1999 - liebertpub.com
Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is suppressed during pregnancy and is exacerbated in
the postpartum period. Studies indicate that new-onset AITD occurs in up to 10% of all …

Postpartum thyroiditis

JH Lazarus, LDKE Premawardhana - Autoimmune Diseases in …, 2008 - Springer
Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) occurs in 5–9% of women and is strongly associated with
positive thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb positive) as determined around 14 weeks …

Postpartum autoimmune thyroid syndrome: a model of aggravation of autoimmune disease

N AMINO, H TADA, YOH HIDAKA - Thyroid, 1999 - liebertpub.com
Postpartum thyroid dysfunction is rather a common problem during the postpartum period
being found in approximately 5% of mothers in the general population. It occurs from …

[HTML][HTML] Benign thyroid disease in pregnancy: a state of the art review

E Tingi, AA Syed, A Kyriacou, G Mastorakos… - Journal of clinical & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Thyroid dysfunction is the commonest endocrine disorder in pregnancy apart from diabetes.
Thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development in the embryonic phase …

Approach to the patient with postpartum thyroiditis

A Stagnaro-Green - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is the occurrence of de novo autoimmune thyroid disease,
excluding Graves' disease, in the first year postpartum. The incidence of PPT is 5.4% in the …

Thyroid physiology and autoimmunity in pregnancy and after delivery

S Gaberšček, K Zaletel - Expert review of clinical immunology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
During pregnancy and after delivery, the maternal thyroid gland faces several metabolic,
hemodynamic and immunologic changes. In this article we first summarize the current …

Thyroid autoimmunity and hypothyroidism before and during pregnancy

K Poppe, D Glinoer - Human reproduction update, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In the present review, an attempt was made to describe current knowledge and concepts
concerning the complex relationships that link thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) and …

Hypothyroidism and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis in the pregnant state: maternal aspects

SJ Mandel - Best practice & research clinical endocrinology & …, 2004 - Elsevier
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes that can be
ameliorated or prevented by adequate therapy with thyroxine. Currently, there are no …

Postpartum thyroiditis

A Stagnaro-Green - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2004 - Elsevier
Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is the occurrence, in the postpartum period, of transient
hyperthyroidism and/or transient hypothyroidism, with most women returning to the euthyroid …