Article
Interferon induced thyroiditis.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Dec 2009
Tomer Yaron, Menconi Francesca
Abstract excerpt
Interferon-alpha (IFNalpha) is used for the treatment of various disorders, most notable chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. One of the commonest side effects of IFNalpha therapy is thyroiditis, with up to 40% of HCV patients on IFNalpha developing clinical or subclinical disease. In some cases interferon induced thyroiditis (IIT) may result in severe symptomatology necessitating discontinuation of...
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