Prevalence of Circulating Parvovirus Genome in Recently Diagnosed Graves' Disease: a Case-control Study
Prevalence of Circulating Parvovirus Genome in Recently Diagnosed Graves' Disease: a Case-control Study
Lymphocytic thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune disease, usually affecting young women.
 Although the aetiology and pathogenesis remain obscure, the most widely accepted hypothesis
 is an interaction between a genetic predisposition and an environmental trigger factor such
 as viral infection. Parvovirus infections have been proposed as trigger factors for
 Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Graves' disease :patients treated for Graves' disease, the diagnosis date less than 4
 months

 -  Control : patients cared for nodules or goiter

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy including corticosteroids