Are we overtreating subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wiles, Kate Sophie ^a   Jarvis, Sheba ^b   Nelson Piercy, Catherine ^c,d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PLACEBO; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84947600517     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4726     Document Type: Note

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