title: Childhood vitiligo and thyroid disease.
abstract: The association of vitiligo / thyroid disease in childhood is debatable; 50 children with vitiligo and 40 without it were submitted to serum dosage of antithyroid antibodies and thyrostimulating hormone. One case (test group) and one control showed a serum titer of TSH above the normal limit; vitiligo did not represent a greater risk for thyroid disease.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. nurimarfernandes@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Nurimar Conceição
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Márcia Maria Cajueiro
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D013972:Thyrotropin