Serum anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody in infertile Nepalese women: a hospital-based study

Abstract

Anti-thyroid peroxidase; Autoimmune; Infertility; Thyroid disease; Background: Infertility is a critical component of reproductive health that can precipitate agony for a couple. Antibodies against thyroid peroxidase can lead to not only autoimmune thyroiditis which is highly prevalent in women, but may also represent a generalized autoimmune milieu in our body that can be associated with infertility. This study aims to assess anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies in female patients with infertility.