To discover whether pregnancy causes ultrasonically detectable changes in the thyroid, an ultrasound examination of the thyroid was performed repeatedly in 21 pregnant women with no history of thyroid disease. Seven patients were examined three times and 14 twice during the course of pregnancy. The
Thyroid hormone resistance and enlargement of the sella turcica during pregnancy
β Scribed by Charalambos Siristatidis; George Mastorakos; Nikolaos Vitoratos; Odysseas Gregoriou; Helen Iakovidou; Emmanuel Salamalekis; George Creatsas
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 269
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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