title: [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.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne et Endocrinologie, CHU Rouen, Hôpital de Boisguillaume.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houdent
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Turck
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Basuyau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delpech
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunelle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cavelier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duval
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000276:immunology*
vernacular_title: Thyroïdite latente et post-partum. Etude prospective.