Thyroid autoimmunity and recurrent spontaneous abortion in Iran: A case-control study

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-464

  Iravani, Amir Tabrizipour ^a,b   Saeedi, Maryam Mahdavi ^b,c   Pakravesh, Jalil ^b,d   Hamidi, Sepehr ^a,e   Abbasi, Mehrshad ^a,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Abaan Hospital   (Iran)

^c University of Medical Science   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 58149381314     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.14.4.458     Document Type: Article

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