Thyroid autoantibodies, preterm birth, and miscarriage

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7806, 2011, Pages

  Negro, Roberto ^a   Stagnaro Green, Alex ^b  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; AUTOANTIBODY;

EDITORIAL; EUTHYROIDISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NEWBORN DEATH; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID FUNCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; THYROID GLAND;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84858999917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2260     Document Type: Editorial

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