In women with thyroid autoimmunity, does low-dose prednisolone administration, compared with no adjuvant therapy, improve in vitro fertilization clinical results?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 722-728

  Litwicka, Katarzyna ^a   Arrivi, Cristiana ^a   Varricchio, Maria Teresa ^a   Mencacci, Cecilia ^a   Greco, Ermanno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

glucocorticoids; in vitro fertilization; miscarriage; pregnancy; thyroid antibodies

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID FUNCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROCEDURES; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; THYROID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928576563     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12615     Document Type: Article

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