Optimal management of hypothyroidism, hypothyroxinaemia and euthyroid TPO antibody positivity preconception and in pregnancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 313-326

  Chan, Shiao ^a   Boelaert, Kristien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SELENIUM; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABORTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84923015726     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12605     Document Type: Review

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