Transgenic mouse model study confirms passage of maternal thyroid hormones to fetus

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Transgenic mouse model study confirms passage of maternal thyroid hormones to fetus

Until now there were only indirect evidence of the transfer of thyroid hormones from mother to fetus through the placenta during pregnancy. That event is very important because the maternal thyroid hormones appear to play a key role in the development of the nervous system and other organs of the fetus; so it's true that in case of maternal thyroid disease, such hypothyroidism, have a direct bearing on the unborn child with reduction, also significant, to its Q.I..

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Tags: Hormone, Thyroid Disease, Hypothyroidism, Nervous System, Disease and Condition, Children's Health, Pregnancy, Relationship