title: [Thyroiditis and pregnancy].
abstract: Authors develop the concept of immunity tolerance and its importance in thyroiditis occurrence and evolution during pregnancy as well post-partum pathology. They also refer the mechanisms that can induce to change the immunity response during pregnancy involving maternal, placental and fetal cytochemistry. It is also proposed a constant and precocious screening of the thyroid dysfunction in pregnant woman with thyroid antibodies, because their positivity prevalence is extremely high as far as the associated risk of abortion.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raposo
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Passos
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology