Influence of thyroid autoimmunity and maternal age on the risk of miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 312-316

  Sieiro Netto, Lino ^a,c   Medina Coeli, Claudia ^a   Micmacher, Eduardo ^b   Mamede Da Costa, Sheila ^b   Nazar, Luiz ^b   Galvão, Daut ^b   Buescu, Alexandru ^a   Vaisman, Mario ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIG   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abortion; Pregnancy; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 9744235900     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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