Pollock AJ, Seibert T, Allen DB. Severe and Persistent Thyroid Dysfunction Associated with Tetracycline-Antibiotic Treatment in Youth.
J Pediatr 2016;
173:232-4. [PMID:
27059913 PMCID:
PMC4884496 DOI:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.03.034]
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Abstract
Thyroid dysfunction in adolescents treated with minocycline for acne has been previously described as transient effect and/or associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. We report nonimmune-mediated thyroid dysfunction associated with minocycline/doxycycline in 3 adolescents whose clinical courses suggest an adverse effect that may be more common, serious, and persistent than realized previously.
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