TY - JOUR
T1 - Pregnancy, postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis, and autoimmune hypophysitis
T2 - Intimate relationships
AU - Landek-Salgado, Melissa A.
AU - Gutenberg, Angelika
AU - Lupi, Isabella
AU - Kimura, Hiroaki
AU - Mariotti, Stefano
AU - Rose, Noel R.
AU - Caturegli, Patrizio
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by NIH grant DK080351 to PC, and by the Heideneich-von-Siebold-Stipendium Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany to AG.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Autoimmune diseases comprise a group of about 85 heterogeneous conditions that can affect virtually any organ and tissue in the body. Many autoimmune diseases change significantly during pregnancy: some ameliorate, some worsen, and others are unaffected. Two autoimmune diseases present prominently in relation to pregnancy: postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune hypophysitis. This article will review the current state of knowledge of the immunological changes that occur during normal pregnancy, and will explore the striking temporal association with pregnancy observed in thyroiditis and hypophysitis.
AB - Autoimmune diseases comprise a group of about 85 heterogeneous conditions that can affect virtually any organ and tissue in the body. Many autoimmune diseases change significantly during pregnancy: some ameliorate, some worsen, and others are unaffected. Two autoimmune diseases present prominently in relation to pregnancy: postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune hypophysitis. This article will review the current state of knowledge of the immunological changes that occur during normal pregnancy, and will explore the striking temporal association with pregnancy observed in thyroiditis and hypophysitis.
KW - Hypophysitis
KW - Postpartum thyroiditis
KW - Pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.06.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19539059
AN - SCOPUS:72149124766
VL - 9
SP - 153
EP - 157
JO - Autoimmunity Reviews
JF - Autoimmunity Reviews
SN - 1568-9972
IS - 3
ER -