What is a normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level? Effects of stricter TSH thresholds on pregnancy outcomes after in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2920-2922

  Reh, Andrea ^a   Grifo, James ^a   Danoff, Ann ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; pregnancy outcomes; subclinical hypothyroidism; threshold; Thyroid stimulating hormone; TSH; TSH screening

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 78650191629     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.041     Document Type: Article

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