Triphasic changes in thyroid function in a patient with primary hypothyroidism in the course of pregnancy and the early post-partum period

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 581-587

  Ohguni, Satoshi ^a   Notsu, Kazumi ^a   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' thyrotoxicosis; Pregnancy; Primary hypothyroidism; Thyroid stimulating blocking antibody (TSBAb); Thyroid stimulating antibody (TSAb)

Indexed keywords

THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0030886784     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.581     Document Type: Article

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