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Thyroid Function in Pregnancy

March 2007

• Targeted screening for thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy misses many women with thyroid dysfunction

November 2006

• Treatment with thyroxine reduces the rates of miscarriage and preterm delivery in pregnant women with autoimmune thyroid disease

July 2006

• The outcome of pregnancy is normal in women with subclinical hyperthyroidism

March 2006

• Thyroid function during pregnancy is normal in women with a history of hyperthyroidism caused by Graves’ disease who are in remission

July 2005

• Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with premature delivery

November 2004

• High serum thyroid hormone concentrations in pregnant women are associated with increased fetal loss and low birth weight

March 2004

• Increased serum binding only partly explains the need for higher thyroxine doses in pregnant women with hypothyroidism

November 2003

• Neurodevelopment may be delayed in infants of mothers with low serum free thyroxine values in early pregnancy

November 2002

• Women with hyperemesis gravidarum may have transient hyperthyroidism