Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid hormones affect sex hormone metabolism and reproductive function in women. Infertility in women with autoimmune thyroiditis is more difficult to treat than in women with normal thyroid function. On the other hand, immune factors are dependent on exogenous and endogenous factors, interrelated with hormones and are important regulators of fertility, autoimmune reactionsand can lead to infertility and increase the risk of pregnancy complications and miscarri...

IntroductionThe problem of ecologically caused iodine deficiency is acute in many countries around the world, including Ukraine, where the endemic zone for the development of iodine deficiency is Northern Bukovina. The possible participation of iodine in the induction or manifestation of autoimmune processes in the thyroid gland and their role in reproduction is discussed. Iodine deficiency is significantly higher in infertile women than in women with no...