title: Thyroid function tests in pregnant women with and without goiter in the eastern Black Sea region.
abstract: Maternal thyroid function was investigated in 29 pregnant women with goiter and 51 pregnant women without goiter in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey, which is an endemic goiter area. Ten women with goiter and 10 healthy women without goiter were used as controls in the study. In all of the pregnant women, increased concentrations of total and free thyroxine, total and free tri-iodothyronine and thyroxine-binding globulin were found. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels showed a decrease in pregnant women without goiter compared with non-pregnant women without goiter.
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz (Black Sea) Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erem
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kavgaci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karahan
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Mocan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Telatar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood*; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine