Fetal hypothyroidism induced by maternal anti-TSH receptor blocking antibodies and complicated by polyhydramnios despite the absence of goiter. Treatment by intra-amniotic injections of levothyroxine

Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2017 Feb;78(1):61-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2016.09.002. Epub 2016 Dec 2.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amnion / drug effects
  • Amniotic Fluid / chemistry
  • Amniotic Fluid / immunology
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / immunology*
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Hypothyroidism / embryology*
  • Hypothyroidism / immunology
  • Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating / analysis
  • Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating / immunology*
  • Male
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange / immunology
  • Polyhydramnios*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / immunology*
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Thyrotropin / analysis
  • Thyroxine / administration & dosage*
  • Thyroxine / analysis
  • Triiodothyronine / analogs & derivatives
  • Triiodothyronine / analysis
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
  • thyrotropin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin
  • Triiodothyronine
  • 3,3',5-triiodothyronamine
  • Thyrotropin
  • Thyroxine