Brigitte Velkeniers
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· 5 papers in corpus
· active 2002-2008
Study types
- article 3
- review 2
Condition tags
- endometriosis 5
- infertility 4
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review
2008
The thyroid gland and gonadal axes interact continuously before and during pregnancy. Hypothyroidism influences ovarian function by decreasing levels of sex-hormone-binding globulin and increasing the secretion of prolactin. In women of rep…
review
2007
The menstrual pattern is influenced by thyroid hormones directly through impact on the ovaries and indirectly through impact on SHBG, PRL and GnRH secretion and coagulation factors. Treating thyroid dysfunction can reverse menstrual abnorma…
article
2003
Thyroid hormones have profound effects on reproduction and pregnancy. There is a known association of hyper- and hypothyroidism with menstrual disturbances and decreased fecundity. Women with reproductive failure also have an increased prev…
article
2002
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular intercourse without contraception. The prevalence of infertility is estimated between 12 and 14% and remains stable in recent years. It thus represents a common c…
article
2002
A prospective study was undertaken in 438 women (ages, 32 +/- 5 years) with various causes of infertility, and in 100 age-matched (33 +/- 5 years) healthy parous controls with the aim of assessing the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid diseas…