| Literature DB >> 639347 |
N Amino, R Kuro, O Tanizawa, F Tanaka, C Hayashi, K Kotani, M Kawashima, K Miyai, Y Kumahara.
Abstract
Changes of serum anti-thyroglobulin haemagglutination antibodies (TGHA) and anti-thyroid microsomal haemagglutination antibodies (MCHA) were observed during pregnancy and after delivery in Graves' disease and autoimmune thyroiditis. Both TGHA and MCHA decreased as pregnancy progressed, and sometimes they became negative in late pregnancy. Transient increases of TGHA and MCHA were observed after delivery and the antibody titres reached peaks about 3-4 months post-partum in more than halft the patients. In some patients, antibodies developed after delivery. Similar transient increases of antibodies were observed after spontaneous and therapeutic abortion. These changes seem to be induced by physiological and immunological changes occurring during pregnancy and after delivery.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 639347 PMCID: PMC1541198
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330