Screening, diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism in pregnancy: Number 10 – October 2022
Key points Pregnancy places a metabolic overload on the maternal thyroid, especially in the first trimester, mainly because of the demand imposed by the conceptus. The fetal thyroid becomes functionally mature only around pregnancy week 20. Until then, the fetus depends on the transfer of materna...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032022001000999&lng=en&tlng=en |