CXCL9 and CXCL11 Levels in Patients With Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Habitual Abortions

Inclusion Criteria: * non-pregnant women with euthyroid autoimmune thyroiditis and a history of first trimester recurrent spontaneous abortions Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) presence of acute or chronic systemic diseases; 2) other autoimmune diseases; 3) pregnancy and lactation over the previous 6 months; 4) evidence of infectious diseases in the last 3 months; 5) treatment with drugs known to interfere with cytokine release, such as corticosteroids, immunosuppressors, or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, amiodarone, and lithium; 6) clinical history of hyperthyroidism and/or the presence of anti-TSH receptor antibodies.