Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population: A guideline

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 545-553

  Pfeifer, Samantha ^a   Butts, Samantha ^a   Dumesic, Daniel ^a   Fossum, Gregory ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^a   Gracia, Clarisa ^a   La Barbera, Andrew ^a   Lobo, Roger ^a   Odem, Randall ^a   Pisarska, Margareta ^a   Rebar, Robert ^a   Reindollar, Richard ^a   Rosen, Mitchell ^a   Sandlow, Jay ^a   Sokol, Rebecca ^a   Thornton, Kim ^a   Vernon, Michael ^a   Widra, Eric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

fertility treatment; infertility; levothyroxine treatment; screening; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PLACEBO; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FERTILITY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940718716     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.028     Document Type: Article

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