Patient with monoclonal gammopathy, thyrotoxicosis, pretibial myxedema and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy; demonstration of direct binding of autoantibodies to the thyrotropin receptor

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Tonacchera, Massimo ^a   Costagliola, Sabine ^a   Cetani, Filomena ^a   Ducobu, Jean ^b   Stordeur, Patrick ^c   Vassart, Gilbert ^a   Ludgate, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0030069237     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340097     Document Type: Article

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