New aspects of thyroid immunity

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 51-54

  Weetman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Graves disease; Hashimoto s thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYROID CELL; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROIDITIS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030700517     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191314     Document Type: Article

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