title: Relationship between gestational transient thyrotoxicosis and vitamin D.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Gestational transient thyrotoxicosis (GTT) is a transient, mild hyperthyroidism that occurs early in pregnancy and is due to human chorionic gonadotropin. There is no clear information about why only some pregnant women develop GTT. Previous papers stated that vitamin D plays a role in thyroid functions. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D and GTT.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three patients diagnosed with GTT at the 6th to 10th weeks of gestation were included in the study (GTT group). Thirty-five pregnant women with normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), and free thyroxine (fT4) levels served as a control group. Vitamin D, TSH, fT3, and fT4 levels were followed during entire the pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TSH levels had been normalized at the 20th week of gestation in all patients with GTT (mean TSH: 0.56 ± 0.2 μIU/mL). Vitamin D levels were significantly lower in the GTT group than the controls (11.1 ± 7.7 and 16.5 ± 0.5 ng/mL, respectively; P = 0.008).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pregnant women who are diagnosed with GTT should be evaluated for possible vitamin D deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferit Kerim
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Küçükler
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Şimşek
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Görkem
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berçem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ayçiçek Doğan
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güler
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014807:Vitamin D
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014807:Vitamin D; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine
keywords: Gestational transient thyrotoxicosis; pregnancy; vitamin D