Anti-thyroglobulin autoantibodies in autoimmune thyroid diseases: Cross-reactive or pathogenic?

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-11

  Tomer, Yaron ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031024366     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.4243     Document Type: Review

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