Antinuclear antibody positivity in pediatric patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 576-578

  Inamo, Yasuji ^a   Harada, Kensuke ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antinuclear antibodies; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0030941704     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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