THYROID-FUNCTION IN INFERTILE WOMEN - ROL E OF THE TRH TEST - THE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS VIEW

Authors
VIERHAPPER H
Citation
H. Vierhapper, THYROID-FUNCTION IN INFERTILE WOMEN - ROL E OF THE TRH TEST - THE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS VIEW, Acta medica austriaca, 24(4), 1997, pp. 133-135
Citations number
20
Journal title
Acta medica austriaca → ACNP
ISSN journal
03038173
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
133 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8173(1997)24:4<133:TIIW-R>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Disorders of thyroid function may cause infertility in women. Substitu tion with thyroxine will facilitate conception not only in women with manifest hypothyroidism, but also in patients with subclinical hypothy roidism. Thus, any screening program in female infertility should incl ude a TRH-test.