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Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy in Saudi Arabia

Shatha A. Al Shanqeeti, Yasser N. Alkhudairy, Alwaleed A. Alabdulwahed, Anwar E. Ahmed, Maysoon S. Al-Adham and Naveed M. Mahmood
Saudi Medical Journal March 2018, 39 (3) 254-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.3.21621
Shatha A. Al Shanqeeti
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yasser N. Alkhudairy
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alwaleed A. Alabdulwahed
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Anwar E. Ahmed
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maysoon S. Al-Adham
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Naveed M. Mahmood
From the College of Medicine (Al Shanqeeti), King Saud University, the College of Medicine (Alkhudairy), Almaarefa Colleges, the College of Medicine (Alabdulwahed), Alfaisal University, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ahmed), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adham), King Abdulaziz Medical City, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Mahmood), King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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