Relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease Rand Alzheimer's disease

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-63

  Genovesi, G ^a   Paolint, P ^a   Marcellini, L ^a   Vernillo, E ^a   Salvati, G ^a   Polidori, G ^a   Ricciardi, D ^a   De Nuccio, I ^a   Re, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autoantibodies; Dementia; Down's syndrome; Thyroid autoimmune disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0030097597     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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