Female infertility: Do we forget the thyroid?

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 571-574

  Unuane, D ^a   Poppe, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THYROID DISEASE; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; METABOLISM;

THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84928693855     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-015-0280-0     Document Type: Editorial

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