Article
Fetal loss associated with excess thyroid hormone exposure.
JAMA - 11 Aug 2004
Anselmo João, Cao Dingcai, Karrison Theodore, Weiss Roy E, Refetoff Samuel
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have deleterious effects on the outcome of pregnancy. While the effects of thyroid hormone (TH) deprivation on the fetus, independently from that on the mother, can be studied in infants with congenital hypothyroidism, this is not the case in those with fetal thyrotoxicosis. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of TH excess on fetuses carried by mothers with...
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