Dose dependency and a functional cutoff for TPO-Antibody positivity during pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 778-789

  Korevaar, Tim I M ^a,b   Pop, Victor J ^c   Chaker, Layal ^a,b   Goddijn, Mariette ^d   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^a,b   Bisschop, Peter H ^d   Broeren, Maarten A ^e   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b   Medici, Marco ^a,b   Visser, Theo J ^a,b   Steegers, Eric A P ^a,b   Vrijkotte, Tanja G ^d   Peeters, Robin P ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; THYROID MICROSOMAL ANTIBODIES; TPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 85041930030     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01560     Document Type: Article

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