[Characteristics of viral hepatitis A and B in adolescents with thyroid pathology].

The combination of viral hepatitis (VH) with thyroid pathology in adolescents leads to an unfavorable course of VH and thyroid disease. The frequency of severe and lingering types of VH with more profound and prolonged shifts of indices of the T- and B-systems of immunity, function of the liver and protein metabolism is increased. Function of the thyroid is sharply suppressed, its euthyroid hyperplasia is often transformed into clinically obvious hypothyroidism.