Morphology and clinical features of autoimmune thyroid disease;Morphologie und Klinik der Immunthyreopathien

Pathologe

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 276-288

  Schroder S ^a   Arndt, R ^a   Weinland, G ^b   Schuppert, F ^c  

^a Inst F Immunol Pathol M   (Germany)

^b ISRAELITISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

autoimmune disease; inflammation; pathology; thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

CLASSIFICATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0029990475     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050166     Document Type: Review

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