Postpartum thyroiditis: A new challenge in nurse-midwifery

Affonso, Dyanne D.; Andreyko, Janice L.; Mills, Kay

doi:10.1016/0091-2182(87)90025-5

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“…Affonso and colleagues have recently reported about the occurrence of postpartum thyroiditis characterized by initial symptoms of mild hyperthyroidism between one and six months postpartum, followed by a transient episode of hypothyroidism 16 . They state that this clinical syndrome can be distinguished from other thyroid diseases due to the fact that it is a subacute, destructive, autoimmune process that is characterized by a rapid onset of inflammatory process and has a transient clinical course.…”

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confidence: 99%