The impact of the presence of antithyroid antibodies on pregnancy outcome following intracytoplasmatic sperm injection-ICSI and embryo transfer in women with normal thyreotropine levels

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1335-1343

  Lukaszuk K ^a,b,c   Kunicki, M ^c   Kulwikowska, P ^a   Liss, J ^b   Pastuszek, E ^a,b   Jaszczolt M ^d   Meczekalski B ^e   Skowronski K ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b INVICTA Fertility and Reproductive Center   (Poland)

^c INVICTA Fertility and Reproductive Centre   (Poland)

^d GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti thyroid antibodies; Intracytoplasmatic sperm iniection ICSI; Miscarriage; TSH

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; TPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84946017565     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-015-0377-5     Document Type: Article

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