Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with urticaria and angio-oedema: Disappearance of cutaneous and mucosal manifestations after thyroidectomy

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-256

  Amoroso, Antonio ^a   Garzia, Pierluigi ^a   Pasquarelli, Cynthia ^a   Sportelli, Giuseppe ^a   Afeltra, Antonella ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dept Medicina Clinica ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Intrarhyroidal lymphocyte subsets; Urticaria angio oedema

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; STEROID; THYROXINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDECTOMY; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030897929     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.3.254     Document Type: Article

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