The post partum period and the onset of Graves' disease: an overestimated risk factor.

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Published in Eur J Endocrinol on May 15, 2008

Authors

Mario Rotondi1, Barbara Pirali, Sara Lodigiani, Simona Bray, Paola Leporati, Spyridon Chytiris, Simona Balzano, Flavia Magri, Luca Chiovato

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, ISPESL Laboratory for Endocrine Disruptors, Chair of Endocrinology, University of Pavia, Via S. Maugeri 10, I-27100 Pavia, Italy.

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