Increase of thyroid stimulating activity in graves' immunoglobulin-G by high polyethylene glycol concentrations using porcine thyroid cell assay

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Inui, Takehiro ^a   Kouki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamashiro, Kei ^a   Hachiya, Takashi ^a   Ochi, Yukio ^a   Kajita, Yoshihiro ^b   Sato, Yasushi ^c   Nagata, Atsuo ^c  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NANTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YAMASA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROGOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THYROID CELL;

EID: 0031981395     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.319     Document Type: Article

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