Second generation assay for thyrotropin receptor antibodies has superior diagnostic sensitivity for Graves' disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-97

  Costagliola, Sabine ^a,b   Morgenthaler, Nils G ^c   Hoermann, Rudolf ^d   Badenhoop, Klaus ^e   Struck, Joachim ^c   Freitag, Dirk ^e   Poertl, Stefan ^d   Weglöhner, Wolfgang ^c   Hollidt, Jörg M ^c   Quadbeck, Beate ^d   Dumont, Jacques E ^a   Schumm Draeger, Petra Maria ^e   Bergmann, Andreas ^c   Mann, Klaus ^d   Vassart, Gilbert ^a   Usadel, Klaus Henning ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Euroscreen SA   (Belgium)

^c Brahms Diagnostica   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; MURINAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 0032902454     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.1.90     Document Type: Article

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