Autoantibodies to adrenal cytochrome P450 antigens in isolated Addison's disease and autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-213

  Seissler, J ^a   Schott, M ^b   Steinbrenner, H ^b   Peterson, P ^b   Scherbaum, W A ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

17 hydroxylase; 21 hydroxylase; Addison's disease; Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II; Side chain cleavage enzyme

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMATOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOASSAY;

EID: 0033011334     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1212100     Document Type: Article

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