Transient hyperthyroidism in a 6-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infection: a link between infectious mononucleosis and autoimmune thyroid disease

J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2021 Jan-Feb;35(1):349-351. doi: 10.23812/20-374-L.

Authors

M Valenzise¹, U Cucinotta¹, T Aversa¹, M F Messina¹, M Wasniewska¹, G B Pajno¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

PMID: 33634672
DOI: 10.23812/20-374-L

No abstract available

Keywords: EBV; autoantibodies; hyperthyroidism; infectious mononucleosis; thyroid.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections* / complications
Female
Hashimoto Disease*
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Humans
Hyperthyroidism*
Infectious Mononucleosis* / complications