Effects of I-Thyroxine and iodide on the development of autoimmune postpartum thyroiditisxs

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1014-1018

  Kampe, Olle ^a,b   Jansson, Rolf ^a,b   Karlsson, F Anders ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROXINE;

EID: 0025331984     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-70-4-1014     Document Type: Article

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