Chronic hepatitis B infection and autoimmune thyroiditis in Down syndrome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-184

  May, Philip ^a,b   Kawanishi, Hidenori ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hunterdon Developmental Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Down syndrome; Hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0029860321     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199610000-00005     Document Type: Article

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