Variable suppression of tsh by human chorionic gonadotropin during early pregnancy

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Haddow JE _ et al_. (2008) Variability in thyroid stimulating hormone suppression by human chorionic gonadotropin during early pregnancy. _J

Clin Endocrinol Metab_ 93: 3341–3347 An inverse relationship has been described between maternal serum TSH and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels during early pregnancy. TSH levels

reach a nadir at around 10 weeks' gestation, at which time hCG levels peak. In addition, free T4 levels might be elevated, although other features of hyperthyroidism are usually absent.

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