Thyroid Diseases and Treatment in Pregnancy

Thyroid diseases in pregnancy: a review.

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the pathophysiology of thyroid diseases in pregnancy and the various treatment methods currently available in its management. DATA SOURCE Review of literature was affected through index medicus search of major published journals and books. DATA SELECTION Published data on thyroid diseases on women in the reproductive age group over the last four decades w...

Thyroid physiology and common diseases in pregnancy: review of literature.

Thyroid diseases are common during pregnancy and an adequate treatment is important to prevent adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Subclinical diseases are very frequent but not easily recognized without specific screening programs. In this article we try to summarize the knowledge on the physiologic change of the thyroid and pathological function during pregnancy; we also try to describe the ...

[Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases].

Thyroid function and mole pregnancy [Persian]

The incidence of mole pregnancy appears to be higher in Iran than in Europe or North America. This gave us an opportunity to study a number of biochemical measurements related to the thyroid. In 14 patients with hydatiform mole, the T3 resin uptake, serum thyroxine (T4), ETR, T3 RIA, human serum TSH (hTSH) and serum human Chorinic gonadotropin (hCG) were measured. Of the 14 patients 6 sho...

Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases in Pregnancy

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis, one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide, can induce various hormonal and behavioural alterations in infected hosts, and its most common form, latent toxoplasmosis, influences the course of pregnancy. Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) belong to the well-defined risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ther...