| Fetal loss associated with excess thyroid hormone exposure. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 15304465 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
CONTEXT: Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have deleterious effects on the outcome of pregnancy. While the effects of thyroid hormone (TH) deprivation on the fetus, independently from that on the mother, can be studied in infants with congenital hypothyroidism, this is not the case in those with fetal thyrotoxicosis. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of TH excess on fetuses carried by mothers with resistance to TH (RTH) who are euthyroid despite high TH levels but who may carry normal fetuses that are exposed to high maternal hormone levels. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective study of 167 members of an Azorean family with RTH. Affected individuals had the RTH phenotype (high serum concentration of free thyroxine and triiodothyronine without suppressed thyrotropin) confirmed by genotyping to identify the Arg243-->Gln mutation in the TH receptor beta gene. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pregnancy outcome of affected mothers vs that of unaffected mothers carrying fetuses conceived by affected fathers, as well as that of unaffected first-degree relatives and outcomes from the general island population. Comparison of birth weights and blood concentrations of thyrotropin (TSH) obtained during routine neonatal screening of infants born to these 3 groups. RESULTS: Thirty-six couples with complete information belonged to 1 of 3 groups: affected mothers (n = 9), affected fathers (n = 9), and unaffected relatives (n = 18). Mean miscarriage rates were 22.9%, 2.0%, and 4.4%, respectively (chi2 = 8.66, P =.01). Affected mothers had an increased rate of miscarriage (z = 3.10, P =.002, by Wilcoxon rank-sum test). They had marginally higher than expected numbers of affected offspring, ie, 20 affected and 11 unaffected children (P =.07), while affected fathers had 15 affected and 12 unaffected children (P =.35). Unaffected infants born to affected mothers were significantly smaller than affected infants, having a mean SD score for gestational age of -1.79 (SD, 0.86) vs -0.06 (SD, 1.11) to -0.22 (SD, 0.70) for all other groups (P<.001). Only unaffected infants born to affected mothers had undetectable blood levels of TSH. CONCLUSION: There was a higher rate of miscarriage in mothers affected by RTH that may have involved predominantly unaffected fetuses. The lower birth weight and suppressed levels of TSH in unaffected infants born to affected mothers indicates that the high maternal TH levels produce fetal thyrotoxicosis. These data indicate a direct toxic effect of TH excess on the fetus. |
| | |
Authors:
|
João Anselmo; Dingcai Cao; Theodore Karrison; Roy E Weiss; Samuel Refetoff |
Related Documents
:
|
596245 - The possible relation between postpartum exacerbation of hyperthyroidism and neonatal t... 12201835 - Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a... 9849815 - Thyroxine administration to infants of less than 30 weeks gestational age decreases pla... 20432805 - Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in extreme premature and/or very low birth weig... 1488375 - Clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural findings in two cases of infantile systemic h... 22424335 - Outcomes of prenatally diagnosed sacrococcygeal teratomas: the results of a japanese na... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Volume: 292 ISSN: 1538-3598 ISO Abbreviation: JAMA Publication Date: 2004 Aug |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2004-08-12 Completed Date: 2004-08-16 Revised Date: 2007-11-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7501160 Medline TA: JAMA Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 691-5 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
|
Endocrinology Unit, Hospital Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Azores-Portugal. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Abortion, Spontaneous
/
epidemiology* Adult Azores / epidemiology Birth Weight Female Genes, erbA Genotype Humans Infant, Newborn Male Pedigree Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications / blood, physiopathology* Pregnancy Outcome Retrospective Studies Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndrome / blood, genetics*, physiopathology* Thyroid Hormones / blood* Thyrotoxicosis / congenital* Thyrotropin / blood* |
| Grant Support | |
ID/Acronym/Agency:
|
DK17050/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; DK58258/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; RR00055/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; RR18372/RR/NCRR NIH HHS |
| Chemical | |
Reg. No./Substance:
|
0/Thyroid Hormones; 9002-71-5/Thyrotropin |
| Comments/Corrections | |
Comment In:
|
JAMA. 2004 Nov 3;292(17):2085-6; author reply 2086
[PMID:
15523067
]
JAMA. 2005 Jan 12;293(2):160-1; author reply 161 [PMID: 15644538 ] |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Audism: exploring the metaphysics of oppression.
Next Document: Long-term efficacy of bivalirudin and provisional glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade vs heparin and plan...