[Post-partum thyroiditis].
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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Celestino
C
Serviço de Endocrinologia. Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto. Porto.
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Marta
M
Delgado
Luís
L
Medina
J Luís
JL
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology