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Endocrinology

Skip levothyroxine in pregnant euthyroid women with thyroid antibodies

Latest research suggests existing US guidelines needs to be changed
Reuters Health
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3 April 2019
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Levothyroxine before and during pregnancy does not improve the odds of a live birth in women with normal thyroid function and thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies, a study shows.

The TABLET trial, conducted at 49 centres in the UK, was presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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