Prevalence of postpartum onset of disease within patients with Graves' disease of child-bearing age.
To assess the prevalence of postpartum onset of disease among the patients with Graves' disease, we performed a retrospective examination of 289 consecutive female patients with Graves' disease who attended our thyroid clinic. Of these patients, 92 were female of child-bearing age (20-39 y.o.) who have had one or more deliveries, and at least 37 patients revealed clear evidences of postpartum onset of the disease. That is, at least 40% of Graves' patients of 20-39 y.o. developed their disease during the postpartum period.
Tada
H
H
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Hidaka
Y
Y
Tsuruta
E
E
Kashiwai
T
T
Tamaki
H
H
Iwatani
Y
Y
Amino
N
N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies