Thyroid autoimmunity and the risk of miscarriage

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-181

  Stagnaro Green, Alex ^a   Glinoer, Daniel ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUTHYROIDISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY RATE; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 3042628493     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2004.03.007     Document Type: Review

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