Thyroid Screening During Early Pregnancy and the Need for Trimester Specific Reference Ranges: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan

Background Derangements in thyroid hormone levels can cause multiple complications in the mother and the foetus. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (free T4 or FT4) levels are used to screen for maternal thyroid dysfunction; these should be compared with population based trimester-...

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Autores principales: Talat, Afnan, Khan, Aleena A, Nasreen, Samia, Wass, John A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720137
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5661

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720137
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5661

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