Levothyroxine treatment and pregnancy outcome in women with subclinical hypothyroidism undergoing assisted reproduction technologies: Systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-258

  Velkeniers, B ^a   Van Meerhaeghe, A ^b   Poppe, K ^a   Unuane, D ^a   Tournaye, H ^c   Haentjens, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technologies; Levothyroxine; Pregnancy outcome; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84876803899     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms052     Document Type: Article

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