Serological reactivity of recombinant 1D autoantigen and its expression in human thyroid and eye muscle tissue: A possible autoantigenic link in Graves' patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2817-2823

  Kromminga, Arno ^a   Hagel, Christine ^a   Arndt, Rüdiger ^a   Schuppert, Frank ^b  

^a Inst Immunol Pathol Molec Biol   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SPODOPTERA; THYROID GLAND;

INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031786678     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.8.2817     Document Type: Article

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