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There is a connection between pregnacy and thyroid disease in women of reproductive age.

I does not tell us weather microchimerism is the cause or a consquence of other facters during pregnancy.

Interest in microchimerism possibly be the cause of other conditions

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There can be seen that there is a link between pregnancy and TPO levels.

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The the percentage of women at increasing levels of TPO

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TPO and age

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TPO and Parity

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Samples were taken from all women during the 20 weeks of pregnacy

Oly women who carried to term and delivered babies over 500g sample were tested

Sample were tesed for TPO antibodies after birth

tests were then grouped based on age, parity, gavidity and other things

> 500 was concider too high.

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Microchimerism contribute to the development of AITD in women of reproducing age.

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AITD are more common in women

Microchimerism has been to provent to stimulate immune reaction - cells found within thyroid

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Antithyroid antibodies and parity: further evidence for microchimerism in autoimmune thyroid disease - ScienceDirect

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Secondary analysis of serum thyroid analytes determined in 17,298 women from a population-based prospective study between 2001 and 2003. Sera were assayed for thyrotropin, free thyroxine, and antithyroid peroxidase antibodies. We analyzed the relationship between thyroid peroxidase antibodies and increasing parity.