Graves' Hyperthyroidism Following Transient Thyrotoxicosis during Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis Type C

We report a case of Graves' hyperthyroidism induced by long-term interferon (IFN) therapy.A 52-year-old woman suffered from chronic active hepatitis type C and was treated with a total of 456×106 units of IFN-α for 23 weeks. During the 12th week of treatment she showed transient thyrotoxicosis....

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Published in:	Internal Medicine Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 58 - 60
Main Authors:	KOIZUMI, Shigeki, MASHIO, Yasuo, MIZUO, Hitoshi, MATSUDA, Akira, MATSUYA, Kumiko, MIZUMOTO, Hiroaki, IKOTA, Akemi, BENIKO, Mutsuo, IRIUDA, Yoshiyori
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 1995 Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Subjects:	Autoantibodies - blood autoimmunity Biological and medical sciences Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Female Graves Disease - chemically induced Graves Disease - immunology Hepatitis C - drug therapy Hepatitis C - immunology Hepatitis, Chronic - drug therapy Hepatitis, Chronic - immunology Humans Interferon-alpha - adverse effects Interferon-alpha - immunology Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...) Pharmacology. Drug treatments Radioimmunoassay Receptors, Thyrotropin - immunology Thyrotoxicosis - complications TSH-receptor antibody Endocrinopathy Human Toxicity Hyperthyroidism Thyroid diseases Autoimmune disease Transitory Case study Immunomodulator Chemotherapy Graves disease Antiviral Female Interferon Long lasting
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