ArticleJournal of thyroid research2013
Screening for maternal thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy: a review of the clinical evidence and current guidelines.
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- Maternal Thyroid Function During Pregnancy or Neonatal Thyroid Function and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Pooled it
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- Screening and subsequent management for thyroid dysfunction pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy for improving maternal and infant health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
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- Differential impact of overt and subclinical hypothyroidism on severe postpartum hemorrhage: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Management of Hyperthyroidism during Pregnancy: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Association between previous abortion history and risk of autism spectrum disorders among offspring: a meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2023Article
- Screening, diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism in pregnancy.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Article
- Intensifying Iodine Deficiency Throughout Trimesters of Pregnancy in a Borderline Iodine-Sufficient Urban Area, Ankara, Turkey.Biological trace element research · 2022Article
- Maternal serum perfluoroalkyl substance mixtures and thyroid hormone concentrations in maternal and cord sera: The HOME Study.Environmental research · 2020Article
- Management of Endocrinopathies in Pregnancy: A Review of Current Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Benign thyroid disease in pregnancy: A state of the art review.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2016Review
- Detection of mutations in theBalkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG · 2015Article
- Serum macroprolactin levels in pregnancy and association with thyroid autoimmunity.BMC endocrine disorders · 2015Article
- 2014 European thyroid association guidelines for the management of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy and in children.European thyroid journal · 2014Article
- Pregnancy-induced alterations in mitochondrial function in euthyroid pregnant women and pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism; relation to adverse outcome.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Observational studies have demonstrated that maternal thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoimmunity in pregnancy may be associated with adverse obstetric and fetal outcomes. Treatment of overt maternal hyperthyroidism and overt hypothyroidism clearly improves outcomes. To date there is limited evidence that levothyroxine treatment of pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism, isolated hypothyroxinemia, or thyroid autoimmunity is beneficial. Therefore, there is ongoing debate regarding the need for universal screening for thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy. Current guidelines differ; some recommend an aggressive case-finding approach, whereas others advocate testing only symptomatic women or those with a personal history of thyroid disease or other associated medical conditions.
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