The impact of thyroid function and thyroid autoimmunity on embryo quality in women with low functional ovarian reserve: A case-control study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Weghofer, Andrea ^a,b   Himaya, Eric ^c   Kushnir, Vitaly A ^b   Barad, David H ^b,d   Gleicher, Norbert ^b,d  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR); Embryo quality; Euthyroid; In Vitro Fertilization (IVF); Low Functional Ovarian Reserve (LFOR); Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; AUTOANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO QUALITY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN RESERVE; BLOOD; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 85019223267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0041-0     Document Type: Article

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