title: Thyroid disease in pregnancy in 2011: Thyroid function--effects on mother and baby unraveled.
abstract: The complex relationship between pregnancy and thyroid function, and its clinical effect on mother and baby, continued to stimulate research in 2011. Key advances were made on three important issues: how long maternal thyroid function affects fetal thyroid hormone levels; whether thyroid autoimmunity affects pregnancy outcome; and the prevalence of permanent hypothyroidism after postpartum thyroiditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK. a.p.weetman@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Weetman
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors