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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2022 Jan 4;18(3):158–171. doi: 10.1038/s41574-021-00604-z

Fig. 2 |. Time course of postpartum thyroiditis.

Fig. 2 |

Typical time course in changes in serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), T4 and radioactive iodine uptake in postpartum thyroiditis up to 12 months after delivery is depicted. Transient thyrotoxicosis is generally followed by transient hypothyroidism, before full recovery to euthyroidism. However, about 20% of women with postpartum thyroiditis might develop permanent hypothyroidism (as indicated by the dashed lines).