Effect of anti-thyroid antibodies on recurrent miscarriage: A meta-analysis.
Hongyan SongTianwei CuiShaoqi ShiHuidongzi XiaoAiwu WeiPublished in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2024)
First, differences from various detection methods and reagents used in different studies may affect the diagnostic interpretation of anti-thyroid antibodies, which might influence the accuracy of this meta-analysis. Second, positive anti-thyroid antibodies seem likely to be part of a more general disorder of maternal immune system, due to restrictions of funding and condition, a complete autoantibody screening investigation is hardly to conduct in all participants, and this could be a possible limitation of all included studies. Third, there is no mention of thyroxine therapy on RM, making the meta-analysis even more limited.