Thyroid status and the levels of thyroid auto-antibodies in the sera of hyperthyroid and goitrous subjects

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 251-255

  Chinyanga, E A ^a,c   Benni, A ^b   Siziya, S ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b Andrew Fleming Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI THYROGLOBULIN; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD DONORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034280242     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i9.8565     Document Type: Article

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