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Dear Editor, The number of clinical studies on the effects of thyroid function on fertility and pregnancy is increasing rapidly. However, there are still unanswered clinically important questions such as whether women with mild thyroid function
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Introduction Pregnancy loss is an adverse outcome of pregnancy in which conception does not result in a live-born child [ 1 ]. Early pregnancy loss (spontaneous abortion) is in Denmark defined as the spontaneous termination of pregnancy before
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women and older children [ 1 , 2 ]. It is well documented that severe dietary maternal iodine deficiency in pregnancy is responsible for poor obstetric outcomes and neurodevelopment of the offspring [ 3 , 4 , 5 ], but it also appears that even mild
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). Maternal TPOAb positivity in early pregnancy has been associated with poorer intelligence scores on the Bayley Scale of Infant Development in the offspring at 25–30 months ( 16 ). In two mother–child cohorts from the Netherlands (Generation R) and the
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Introduction The diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases in pregnant women is a difficult and real challenge for the treating physician. Thyroid disorders in women of childbearing age are frequent - they affect around 1.2% of pregnancies
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function have drawn much attention in pregnant women, specifically. A main focus on maternal T4 in pregnancy emerged before TSH assays were available. With the advancement of assays, the concept of “isolated hypothyroxinemia” emerged. No
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Introduction Thyroid hormones are essential for fetal growth and development [ 1 ] and several studies have reported an association between maternal thyroid dysfunction and pregnancy outcomes [ 2 ]. Gestational age at delivery and birth
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Introduction Antithyroid drugs (ATDs) are the mainstay of medical treatment for Graves’ hyperthyroidism, occurring in approximately 0.2% during pregnancy [ 1 ]. All ATDs tend to be more potent in the fetus than in the mother [ 2 - 4 ]. ATD
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. Environmental factors, such as cigarette smoking, high dietary iodine intake, stress, and pregnancy, also predispose to GD [ 15 - 17 ]. Oral contraceptive pill use appears protective, as is male sex, suggesting a strong influence of sex hormones [ 6 , 15
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-releasing hormone (GnRH) and other hormones like prolactin [ 4 , 5 ]. Although restoring thyroid function can normalize the menstrual pattern and/or the reproductive hormonal profile, it is not always followed by pregnancy. In case of male subfertility