title: Thyroid disease in pregnancy.
abstract: Maternal, fetal, and neonatal thyroid physiology are discussed. Moreover, this article serves as a review of the more common thyroid diseases that are encountered during pregnancy and the postnatal period, their treatments, and their potential effects on pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8063, USA. donna.neale@yale.edu
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neale
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burrow
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery