Post Partum Thyroiditis 2: Long Term Observations

Sykehuset Telemark

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Hypothyroidism

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00287144

399702

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study tries to determine if post partum thyroiditis has marked long term (20 years after partum) risk for developing hypothyroidism.

Full description

This is study where we follow up women who in 1985 were checked for the occurrence of post partum thyroiditis 6 week after labour. The former patients have been invited to participate by answering a questionnaire and by providing results from blood tests.

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Defined group of women who tested positive for post partum thyroiditis in 1985.
• Control group randomly picked from those who tested negative.

Exclusion criteria