Thyroid-stimulating antibody in a patient with euthyroid Graves' disease

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-201

  Kubo, Toshihide ^a   Toki, Juki ^a   Kado, Yuji ^a   Kurihara, Makoto ^a   Moriwake, Tadashi ^b   Kanzaki, Susumu ^b   Seino, Yoshiki ^b  

^a IWAKUNI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euthyroid Graves' disease; Thyroid stimulating antibody; TSH receptor antibody

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034047348     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.197     Document Type: Article

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