Thyroxine treatment may be useful for subclinical hypothyroidism in patients with female infertility

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-92

  Yoshioka, Waka ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a   Ide, Akane ^a   Kang, Shino ^a   Kudo, Takumi ^a   Nishihara, Eijun ^a   Ito, Mitsuru ^a   Nakamura, Hirotoshi ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti thyroid antibodies; Infertility; Pregnancy; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Thyroxine therapy

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION (PROCESS); THYROID GLAND; TIME TO PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY;

EID: 84922041870     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ14-0300     Document Type: Article

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