ea0019p353 | Thyroid | SFEBES2009
Costelloe S
, Wassef N
, Morris C
, Schulz J
, Vaghjani T
, Thomas M
, Jacobs M
, Dusheiko G
, Vanderpump M
Interferon alpha (IFNα) and Ribavirin combination therapy effectively eradicates Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in up to 80% of patients. Transient thyroid dysfunction (TD) (>80% hypothyroidism) usually due to a destructive thyroiditis has been recognised to occur in up to 25% of patients treated in Italy, Japan and Australia. However, data are lacking in a UK cohort and no standardised protocol for testing of thyroid function testing exists. The aim of this study was to det...