Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyroid hormones are important for normal fetal development. The aim of this prospective study was to explore whether thyroxine treated pregnant women with hypothyroidism are adequately thyroxine substituted during pregnancy.Material and method: During the years 1997–2002 119 pregnancies in 101 females with thyroid diseases were followed at the Department of Endocrinology. The diagnoses were autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) with or without h...