Post-partum thyroiditis.

Authors

  • Celestino Neves Serviço de Endocrinologia. Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto. Porto.
  • Marta Alves Serviço de Endocrinologia. Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto. Porto.
  • Luís Delgado Laboratório de Imunologia. Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto. Porto
  • J Luís Medina Serviço de Endocrinologia. Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto. Porto.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1712

Abstract

In the post-partum period the immune alterations are associated with the multiple autoimmune diseases relapse. After birth, immune-tolerance variation slowly disappear, and is observed a return to a normal state - after an exacerbation period - of autoimmune reactivity, during which a great increase in T cells and autoantibodies is observed. In this period - 3 to 9 months after birth - the thyroid autoimmune disease relapses or reappears. The reactivation of the immune system in the post-partum period unchains an acute phase of celular destruction which characterizes the post-partum thyroiditis.

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Neves C, Alves M, Delgado L, Medina JL. Post-partum thyroiditis. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2009 Oct. 30 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];22(5):599-608. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1712

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Arquivo Histórico