Hashimoto's thyroiditis with heterogeneous antithyrotropin receptor antibodies: Unique epitopes may contribute to the regulation of thyroid function by the antibodies

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2116-2121

  Akamizu, Takashi ^a   Kohn, Leonard D ^b   Hiratani, Hitomi ^a   Saijo, Misa ^a   Tahara, Kazuo ^b   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TRANSFECTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 0034455686     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.6.2116     Document Type: Article

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