Relationship of chronic hepatitis C with interferon treatment and thyroid diseases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2013.07.024
- VernacularTitle:慢性丙肝和干扰素治疗与甲状腺疾病的关系
- Author:
Chenlin DAI
;
Chenyang DAI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hepatitis C;
Interferon;
Thyroid disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2013;29(7):631-633
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The article explores the relationship of the hepatitis C virus infection with interferon treatment and thyroid diseases and reviews the subtypes of the thyroid diseases.Autoimmune and nonautoimmune cases of thyroiditis are often seen in patients with chronic hepatitis C while undergoing interferon treatment,especially in females with positive thyroid autoantibodies.Graves' disease is very rare.The thyroid function may be as a transient thyrotoxicosis,then followed by hypothyroidism.The thyroid function in patients with nonautoimmune thyroiditis is usually easy to recover.
