Eyeing up Graves' ophthalmopathy

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-116

  Weetman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FIBROBLAST; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031557090     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)03986-X     Document Type: Article

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