B Velkeniers

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2002-2006

Study types

  • article 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 3
review 2006
Verhandelingen - Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van Belgie

In infertile women, the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is significantly higher compared to that in parous age-matched women. This is especially the case in women with endometriosis and the polycystic ovarian syndrome. TAI does not…

article 2003
Annales d'endocrinologie

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
Verhandelingen - Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van Belgie

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…