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ArticleEndocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea)2022

Euthyroid Thyroperoxidase Antibody Positivity during Pregnancy, to Treat or Not to Treat?

Tim I M Korevaar

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Article in Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tim I M KorevaarAcademic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroperoxidase antibody (TPOAb) positivity is a well-known risk factor for thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and is associated with a suboptimal response to thyroidal stimulation by human chorionic gonadotropin. About 75% of TPOAb positive women are euthyroid and there seems to be a higher risk of predominantly miscarriage and preterm birth in this subgroup. Nonetheless, clinical decision making with regards to gestational levothyroxine treatment remains difficult due to a lack of large randomized trials. Future studies assessing dose-dependent associations and additional biomarkers that can distinguish low-risk from high-risk individuals will be key in disentangling the crude clinical data.

Indexed as

Pregnancy ComplicationsPremature BirthThyroid DiseasesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyThyroxineThyroxinePregnancyThyroid glandThyroperoxidase antibodies

Identifiers

PMID35798546
PMCPMC9262680
OpenAlexW4284677051

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