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ea0035p1042 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2014

Antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis: experience of the French centers of Pharmacovigilance with a retrospective study of more than 200 cases

Andres Emmanuel , Weitten Thierry , Alt-Tebacher Martine

Objective: Agranulocytosis to the antithyroid drugs is a rare adverse drug effect exposure to potentially lethal infections. It is a public health problem with hyperthyroidism in nearly 1% of the French population. However, many uncertainties remain in the knowledge, understanding, prevention and management of this drug effect. In this work, we report the French experience through pharmacovigilance data.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective stud...