TSH receptor and disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-633

  Tonacchera, M ^a,b   Van Sande, J ^a   Parma, J ^a   Duprez, L ^a   Cetani, F ^a   Costagliola, S ^a   Dumont, J E ^a   Vassart, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0030003969     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.746567.x     Document Type: Review

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