Relatively high rate of postpartum thyroiditis in the Straits of Messina area. Predictivity of both postpartum thyroiditis and permanent hypothyroidism by performing, in the first trimester of gestation, thyroid ultrasonography and measurement of serum thyroperoxidase and thyroglobulin autoantibodies

The prevalence of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) averages 5%, with a range from 1% (Thailand) to 22% (Wales, UK, and Liguria, Italy), but 3.6% in another Italian region (Puglia). Evolution of PPT into permanent hypothyroidism (PH) occurs in approximately 50% of cases. Positive thyroperoxidase autoanti...

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Autores principales: Benvenga, Salvatore, Di Bari, Flavia, Vita, Roberto, Le Donne, Maria, Triolo, Onofrio, Granese, Roberta, Borrielli, Irene, Sole, Giuseppe, Floridia, Marco, Genovesi, Filippo, Tromba, Domitilla, Tromba, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6275208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcte.2018.11.004

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