ENDEMIC CRETINISM: POSSIBLE ROLE FOR THYROID AUTOIMMUNITY

The Lancet

Volumn 334, Issue 8662, 1989, Pages 529-532

  Boyages, StevenC ^a   Maberly, GlenF ^a   Chen, Jin ^b   Halpern, Jean Pierre ^a   Eastman, CreswellJ ^a   Zhen Hua, Wang ^b   Van Der Gaag, ReindertD ^c   Drexhage, HemmoA ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Neurology Unit Department of Medicine Westmead Hospital ^*  (China)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CRETINISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYXEDEMA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0024324022     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)90654-5     Document Type: Article

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