Transcription of thyroid autoantigens in non-expressing tissues

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-323

  Aust, G ^a   Crisp, M ^b   Bosenberg E ^a   Ludgate, M ^b   Weetman, A P ^c   Paschke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; RT PCR; Thyroid; TSH receptor

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031670180     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211992     Document Type: Article

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