EMAS position statement: Thyroid disease and menopause

Women experience menopause at a particular stage of their lifetime. On the other hand, subclinical hypothyroidism, mainly due to autoimmune thyroiditis, is a common endocrine disease in women during their reproductive years (the prevalence rate is 6 –10 %) [1] and is often present or arises during the menopausal transition.

Source: Maturitas - April 23, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gesthimani Mintziori, Stavroula Veneti, Kris Poppe, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Eleni Armeni, C. Tamer Erel, Ivan Fistoni ć, Timothy Hillard, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, Blazej Meczekalski, Nicolás Mendoza, Alfred O. Mueck, Tommaso Simoncini, Petra Stute, Dor Tags: Original article Source Type: research