Effects of Levothyroxine on Pregnant Women With Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Negative for Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies

2017145 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sima Nazarpour · Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences

Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani · Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences

Masoumeh Simbar · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Maryam Tohidi · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Sonia Minooee · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Maryam Rahmati · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Fereidoun Azizi

Abstract

Despite no beneficial effect of LT4 therapy in reducing preterm delivery in SCH-TPOAb- women with a TSH cut point of 2.5 to 4 mIU/L, LT4 could precisely decrease this complication using the newly recommended cutoff ≥4.0 mIU/L.

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Volume 103, Issue 3, pp. 926-935

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01850

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