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Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnancy and After Delivery

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Diseases of the Thyroid

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Thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy may affect the mother as well as the fetus. Before considering the clinical entities occurring during and after pregnancy, it is useful to briefly review thyroid physiology and immunology in relation to pregnancy

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