Use of levothyroxine for euthyroid, thyroid antibody positive women with infertility: Analyses of aggregate data from a survey of European thyroid specialists (Treatment of Hypothyroidism in Europe by Specialists: An International Survey).
Roberto NegroMilosˇ ZˇarkovićRoberto AttanasioLaszlo HegedüsEndre Vezekenyi NagyEnrico PapiniErsin AkarsuMaria AlevizakiGöksun AyvazTomasz BednarczukBiljana Nedeljković BeleslinEszter BertaMiklos BodorAnna Maria BorissovaMihail A BoyanovCamille BuffetMaria-Cristina BurlacuJasmina ĆirićChagit Adler CohenJuan José DíezHarald DobnigValentin V FadeevBenjamin C T FieldEric FliersDagmar FuhrerJuan Carlos GalofréTommi T HakalaJiskra JanPeter Andreas KoppMichael R KrebsJuan J DíezMartin KužmaLaurence LeenhardtVitaliy LuchytskiyFrancisca Marques PugaAnne McGowanMiguel MeloSaara MetsoCarla MoranTatyana MorgunovaDan Alexandru NiculescuBožidar PerićTereza PlanckCătălina PoianăEyal RobenshtokPatrick Olivier RosseletMarek RuchalaKamilla Ryom RiisAlla ShepelkevichMykola D TronkoDavid UnuaneIrfan VardarliW. Edward VisserAndromachi VryonidouYounes Ramazan YounesPetros PerrosPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2024)
A remarkably high number of respondents surveyed between 2019 and 2021, would consider LT4 treatment in TPOAb positive euthyroid women with infertility. This view varied widely across countries and correlated with sex, age and workload, potentially influencing patient management. These results raise concerns about potential risks of overtreatment.