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Prevalence of thyroid deficiency in pregnant women
Clinical Endocrinology · 1991 · Vol. 35(1) · pp. 41–46
Robert Z. Klein✉(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)J E Haddow(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)J. D. FalxRosalind S. BrownRosalie J. Hermos(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)Andrea J. Pulkkinen(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)M. L. Mitchell(Massachusetts Department of Public Health)
Abstract
Although it is not known what severity of maternal thyroid deficiency is necessary to cause fetal brain damage, the present data indicate a sufficiently high prevalence of thyroid dysfunction to demand investigation of the mental development of the offspring of women with thyroid dysfunction and of the effect of replacement therapy.
Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesBirth, Development, and HealthMedicineInternal medicineEndocrinologyGestationPregnancyOffspringThyroidGestational ageBiology
MeSH terms
AdultFemaleHumansHypothyroidismMaineIntellectual DisabilityPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsThyrotropinPrevalence
Funding
- Hitchcock Foundation
- Dartmouth College
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368
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0.54
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62%
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