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Thyroid Article (Postpartum Thyroiditis)
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Postpartum thyroiditis

 * This article uses older sources and does not tackle any of Wikipedia's equity gaps. For example, the article does not discuss the prevalence of postpartum thyroiditis from a demographic view. Similarly, the article mentions that it affects about 5-10% of all women within a year after giving birth, but according to a study by BioMedCentral from 2012, nearly half of the world's babies are born at home due to difficulty accessing healthcare in the developing world. Therefore, many of these woman may have a delayed or absent diagnosis. Therefore, this statistic that it effects 5-10% of all women may be inaccurate. Similarly, the article states that "Of those women who experience hypothyroidism associated with postpartum thyroiditis, one in five will develop permanent hypothyroidism requiring lifelong treatment." It, however, fails to state where this information came from.
 * Garces, A., McClure, E.M., Chomba, E. et al. Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12, 34 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-34
 * Garces, A., McClure, E.M., Chomba, E. et al. Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12, 34 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-34