Risk of spontaneous miscarriage in euthyroid women with thyroid autoimmunity undergoing IVF: A meta-analysis

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-652

  Toulis, Konstantinos A ^a   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a   Venetis, Christos A ^a   Kolibianakis, Efstratios M ^a   Negro, Roberto ^b   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a   Papadimas, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera LE/1   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; DELIVERY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77950329899     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0850     Document Type: Review

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