Thyroid autoimmunity and aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 535-541

  Mariotti, Stefano ^a   Chiovato, Luca ^b   Franceschi, Claudio ^c   Pinchera, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Antithyroglobulin antibody; Antithyroid peroxidase antibody; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Thyroid; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032163413     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00030-8     Document Type: Review

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