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Post‐partum thyroid disease
Author(s) -
Driscoll Geoffrey L.,
Smith Howard C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132555.x
Subject(s) - post partum , medicine , thyroid dysfunction , thyroid , pediatrics , thyroid disease , disease , graves' disease , endocrinology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Three patients with thyroid dysfunction which developed in the post‐partum period are described. All three had a transient disorder and did not require long‐term therapy. The association of thyroid disease and the post‐partum period is discussed.