title: [Obstetric and perinatal implications of thyroid pathology in pregnancy. Review of the literature].
abstract: The authors review the published data on thyroid pathology and pregnancy. Attention is focused in particular on alterations in thyroid function and the iodine metabolism during pregnancy, thyroid interactions between the fetus, the placenta and the maternal organism, the control of fetal thyroid hormonal production, thyroid hormones and fetal development, endemic goitre and pregnancy, endemic cretinism, hypothyroidism in pregnancy, mixematous coma, hyperthyroidism in pregnancy, thyroid cancer in pregnancy and perinatal thyroid disease (hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism).
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Accettazione e Pronto Soccorso, Regione Sicilia-USL n. 35, Ospedale di Maternità Santo Bambino, Catania.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chirico
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scavone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calvo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007455:Iodine / Q000378:metabolism; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Implicazioni ostetriche e perinatali della patologia tiroidea in gravidanza. Revisione della letteratura.