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De Quervain's thyroiditis risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of de Quervain’s thyroiditis are viral illness, family history, and female gender.

Risk Factors

Risk Factors

The risk factors for de Quervain’s thyroiditis are:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Common Risk factors

Less common risk factors

References

References

  1. Erdem N, Erdogan M, Ozbek M, Karadeniz M, Cetinkalp S, Ozgen AG, Saygili F, Yilmaz C, Tuzun M, Kabalak T (2007). “Demographic and clinical features of patients with subacute thyroiditis: results of 169 patients from a single university center in Turkey”. J. Endocrinol. Invest. 30 (7): 546–50. PMID 17848836.
  2. Bindra A, Braunstein GD (2006). “Thyroiditis”. Am Fam Physician. 73 (10): 1769–76. PMID 16734054.
  3. Nyulassy S, Hnilica P, Buc M, Guman M, Hirschová V, Stefanovic J (1977). “Subacute (de Quervain’s) thyroiditis: association with HLA-Bw35 antigen and abnormalities of the complement system, immunoglobulins and other serum proteins”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 45 (2): 270–4. doi:10.1210/jcem-45-2-270. PMID 885992.
  4. de Bruin TW, Riekhoff FP, de Boer JJ (1990). “An outbreak of thyrotoxicosis due to atypical subacute thyroiditis”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 70 (2): 396–402. doi:10.1210/jcem-70-2-396. PMID 2298855.
  5. Kojima M, Nakamura S, Oyama T, Sugihara S, Sakata N, Masawa N (2002). “Cellular composition of subacute thyroiditis. an immunohistochemical study of six cases”. Pathol. Res. Pract. 198 (12): 833–7. doi:10.1078/0344-0338-00344. PMID 12608662.
  6. Desailloud R, Hober D (2009). “Viruses and thyroiditis: an update”. Virol. J. 6: 5. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-6-5. PMC 2654877. PMID 19138419.

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