Three consecutive pregnancies in a patient with chronic autoimmune thyroid disease associated with hypothyroidism and extremely high levels of anti-TSH receptor antibodies.
CONCLUSIONS: This remarkable case illustrates the severe consequences of untreated fetal hyperthyroidism and the need to assay and follow-up TRAb levels in women of reproductive age with autoimmune thyroiditis, even the juvenile form. The case also illustrates a means to achieve a significant reduction in serum TRAb levels.
PMID: 30973063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research
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