Urinary glycosaminoglycans excretion in Graves' disease

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 368-370

  Priestley, G C ^a,c   Aldridge, R D ^a   Hurel, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; Myxoedema; Ophthalmopathy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; MYXEDEMA; URONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0029824401     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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