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Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Published 2011 in Thyroid : official journal of the American…
Abstract
Pregnancy has a profound impact on the thyroid gland and thyroid function. The gland increases 10% in size during pregnancy in iodine-replete countries and by 20%– 40% in areas of iodine deficiency. Production of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) increases by 50%, along with a 50% increase in the daily iodine requirement. These physiological changes… (More)
Topics
- Thyroid Diseases
- Hypothyroidism
- Postpartum Thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism
- liothyronine
- Thyrotropin
- Iodine, Homeopathic preparation
- Iodine
- levothyroxine
- Thyroiditis
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Thyroid Gland
- Diagnosis, clinical
- thyroid function
- Thyroid stimulating hormone measurement
- ATM wt Allele
- Microinternational Unit per Milliliter
- iodine deficiency
- Gonadotropins
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Exercise stress test