Unexpected elevated free thyroid hormones in pregnancy

Thyroid

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1640-1644

  Teti, Claudia ^a   Nazzari, Elena ^a   Galletti, Marina Raffaella ^b   Mandolfino, Mattia Grazia ^b   Pupo, Francesca ^a   Pesce, Giampaola ^a   Lillo, Flavia ^c   Bagnasco, Marcello ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Endocrinology Section   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Clinical Pathology   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism in pregnancy; Thyroid autoantibodies; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid function in pregnancy; Thyroid hormone autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BLOOD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION (PROCESS); TERM BIRTH; THYROID GLAND; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TERM BIRTH; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84994098521     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2016.0112     Document Type: Article

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