Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is the most important cause of hypothyroidism in the general population, and its prevalence is higher in women of subfertile couples.1 Women pregnant after an assisted reproductive technology (ART) with TAI carry a higher risk of a first trimester miscarriage rate compared to women without TAI. Several reasons could be underlying such as thyroid dysfunction, older age, an immune imbalance, and the presence of thyrotropin recept...