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