Characterisation of the antibody response to the extracellular region of recombinant thyrotropin receptor

Autoimmunity

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-84

  Morgenthaler, N G ^a   Kim, M R ^b   Gardas, A ^c   Vlase, H ^d   Aust, G ^e   Gupta, M ^b   McGregor, A M ^a   Banga, J P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Primary myxoedema; Thyroid stimulating antibody; Thyrotropin receptor; TSH blocking antibody

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BLOCKING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAVES DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0030723735     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939709003850     Document Type: Article

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