High prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism during first trimester of pregnancy in North India

Background: Thyroid dysfunction is a common occurrence in pregnancy and affects both maternal and fetal outcomes. There are limited data on prevalence of hypothyroidism during pregnancy from India. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction especially hypoth...

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Main Authors: Dinesh K Dhanwal, Sudha Prasad, A K Agarwal, Vivek Dixit, A K Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2013;volume=17;issue=2;spage=281;epage=284;aulast=Dhanwal