Clinical usefulness of TSAb assay with high polyethylene glycol concentrations

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 142-149

  Ochi, Yukio ^a   Inui, T ^b   Kouki, T ^b   Yamashiro, K ^c   Takasu, N ^c   Kajita, Y ^d   Sato, Y ^e   Nagata, A ^e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d NANTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e YAMASA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Polyethylene glycol; Thyroid; Thyroid stimulation blocking antibody; Thyroid stimulating antibody; Thyroid stimulating hormone; TSH binding inhibitory immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; MACROGOL; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDITIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYCLIC AMP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032772047     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023347     Document Type: Article

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