The Effects of Maternal Smoking on Thyroid Function: Findings from
Routine First-Trimester Sonographic Anomaly Screening
Rabia Zehra Bakar,
Caglar Cetin,
Can Yilmaz Yozgat
et al.
Abstract:Aim This study aimed to assess the effect of tobacco exposure on maternal
thyroid function and investigate its relationship to subclinical hypothyroidism
in pregnant women during the first trimester.
Subjects and Method A comparison of maternal thyroid function was made on
45 smokers, who composed the study group, and 72 non-smokers, pregnant women,
who constituted the control group. After determining smokers by questionn… Show more
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