Coexistence of thyroid-stimulating and thyroid-blocking antibodies in a patient with graves' disease who had transient hypothyroidism

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 3 C, 1988, Pages 418-420

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^b   Kuma, Kanji ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BINDING INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CASE REPORT; GRAVES' DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; MALE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0023790086     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(88)90598-0     Document Type: Article

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