It is difficult to study subacute @entity1374 epidemiologically since it occurs sporadically and infrequently. Information about 1,127 cases (108 males, 1,019 females, from 1967 to 1982) of subacute @entity1374 in northern Japan was obtained through a questionnaire. It was found that the usual age for the disease was forty, that females predominated in a ratio of 10.6:1, and that the prevalent month was July. In clinical features, the frequencies of the inflammatory symptoms were high in the acute phase of the disease, and the frequencies of @entity1109 increased with the progress of the disease. According to the course of the disease (days after the onset without treatment), the @entity1 were divided into seven subgroups, such as 1 approximately 7 days, 8 approximately 14 days, 15 approximately 21 days, 22 approximately 28 days, 29 approximately 42 days, 43 approximately 56 days and over 57 days, respectively. Compared with the 1 approximately 7 days group, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum T4 and T3 concentrations in the 15 approximately 21 days group showed a significant increase from 64 +/- 35 to 75 +/- 30 mm/h (p less than 0.001), 14.6 +/- 5.5 to 17.6 +/- 5.6 micrograms/100 ml (p less than 0.001) and 218 +/- 124 to 263 +/- 109 ng/100 ml (p less than 0.05), respectively, but the BMR showed as insignificant increase from 20 +/- 15 to 24 +/- 14%. The 24-hr 131I-thyroid uptake and resin sponge uptake (RSU) in the 21 approximately 28 days group were 1.2 +/- 1.5% and 35.1 +/- 6.7%, respectively; the former was significantly lower (p less than 0.02) and the latter was insignificantly higher than the values (2.0 +/- 2.6% and 33.9 +/- 7.9%, respectively) in the 1 approximately 7 days group. The recovery time in the @entity134 -treated group was 57.2 +/- 47.6 days, which showed a statistically insignificant difference from 64.8 +/- 50.5 days of the @entity11141 -treated group. But the recovery time of 78.2 +/- 64.9 days in other anti-inflammatory drug-treated groups was significantly longer than that of the @entity134 and @entity11141 -treated groups (p less than 0.001 and p less than 0.05). Among 9 viral diseases, such as measles, varicella, @entity281 , hand-foot and @entity3137 , @entity2462 , mumps, @entity683 , @entity9849 and @entity5518 observed in northern Japan and Miyagi prefecture in the past 4 years, mumps, hand-foot and @entity3137 and @entity9849 were prevalent in summer.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

[An epidemiological study of subacute XXXX in northern Japan].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity11141 :: ('MESH:D012980', 'Chemical') :: ['sodium salicylate'] @entity9849 :: ('MESH:D007637', 'Disease') :: ['epidemic keratoconjunctivitis'] @entity1109 :: ('MESH:D012678', 'Disease') :: ['hyperthyroid symptoms'] @entity5518 :: ('MESH:D003232', 'Disease') :: ['acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis'] @entity134 :: ('CHEBI:35341', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['erythema infection'] @entity683 :: ('MESH:D007251', 'Disease') :: ['influenza'] @entity2462 :: ('MESH:D012409', 'Disease') :: ['rubella'] @entity3137 :: ('MESH:D009059', 'Disease') :: ['mouth disease'] @entity1374 :: ('MESH:D013959', 'Disease') :: ['thyroiditis']
@entity1374 :: (MESH:D013959,Disease) :: ['thyroiditis']
