Autoimmune thyroid disorder in patient with chronic hepatitis C before treatment

Abstract

Background: Creating autoantibodies against thyroid in hepatitis C patients who are being treated with interferon is now recognized for several years. Recently, some studies have claimed that prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disorders in Hepatitis C patients is higher when they are not treated by interferon and/or at the beginning of diagnosis, however the area still remained controversial. In order to analyze autoimmune thyroid disorders in Hepatitis C patients who are not still treated by interferon and compare them with the control group this study has been conducted.