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Value of thyroid function tests in routine screening of women investigated for infertility
Gillian A. Stratford1, Julian H. Barth, Anthony J. Rutherford
1Department of Reproductive Medicine, United Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK.
Human Fertility (Cambridge, England)
|February 15, 2002
Abstract:
Women presenting with infertility traditionally have been screened for thyroid function, yet recent guidelines have indicated that this is unnecessary in asymptomatic patients. A retrospective analysis of the results of routine thyroid function screening showed that occult thyroid dysfunction is common: 5.1% of the population studied had abnormal thyroid function tests. Therefore, it is recommended that assessment of thyroid function in women attending an infertility clinic should be continued.