A hidden cause of infertility in hypothyroid patients

Magdy Mohamed Allam; Hanaa Tarek El‐Zawawy; Sherine Samir Barakat; Soha Magdy Ahmed; Rasha Noureldin M. Saleh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2654

Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2020)

A hidden cause of infertility in hypothyroid patients

Magdy Mohamed Allam,
Hanaa Tarek El‐Zawawy,
Sherine Samir Barakat,
Soha Magdy Ahmed,
Rasha Noureldin M. Saleh

Affiliations

Magdy Mohamed Allam: Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology Unit Alexandria University Student Hospital (AUSH) Alexandria Egypt
Hanaa Tarek El‐Zawawy: Internal Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
Sherine Samir Barakat: Internal Medicine Department Haematology Unit Alexandria University Student Hospital (AUSH) Alexandria Egypt
Soha Magdy Ahmed: Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology Unit Alexandria University Student Hospital (AUSH) Alexandria Egypt
Rasha Noureldin M. Saleh: Clinical Pathology Department Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2654
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 374 – 378

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Abstract Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutations could be the cause of infertility in hypothyroid patients. Hence, it is worthy to screen for MTHFR gene mutations in infertile hypothyroid females and their partners if infertility persists after optimizing thyroid function.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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