T-cell restriction in thyroid eye disease

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-422

  Heufelder, Armin E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0031799286     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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