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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

Antithyroid Arthritis Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Kazuhiko Takaya, Natsumi Kimura, Toru Hiyoshi

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Don't Mistake it for RA: A Case of Antithyroid Arthritis Syndrome After Methimazole Initiation.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuhiko TakayaDivision of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Natsumi Kimura
Toru Hiyoshi
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report the case of a 38-year-old Japanese woman with antithyroid arthritis syndrome who experienced severe migratory polyarthritis after the initiation of thiamazole therapy. The patient's symptoms promptly disappeared without any sequelae after the withdrawal of the drug. Antithyroid arthritis syndrome is poorly characterized, and the findings from our literature review indicate that this syndrome exhibits serological features that are distinct from those of antithyroid agent-induced vasculitis syndrome. The absence of autoantibodies, especially anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, may help characterize and diagnose antithyroid arthritis syndrome. Furthermore, physicians' awareness of this syndrome is essential for its diagnosis in clinical practice.

Indexed as

AdultAntibodies, Antineutrophil CytoplasmicAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntithyroid AgentsArthritisFemaleGraves DiseaseHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMethimazolePhenylpropionatesSyndromeTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Antineutrophil CytoplasmicAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntithyroid AgentsloxoprofenMethimazolePhenylpropionates

Identifiers

PMID27980264
PMCPMC5283964
OpenAlexW2562487436

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