Can estrogen priming therapy during IVF treatment lead to transient TSH elevation without clinical hypothyroidism?
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A large number of hypothyroid women taking Levothyroxine will need to increase the dose of Levothyroxine after IVF. IVF results in extremely high levels of estrogen, which increases the thyroid-binding globulin that in terns require an dose increase of about 30%. Generally, it is recommended to incr...
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