Remission and recurrence of hyperthyroid Graves' disease during and after methimazole treatment when assessed by IgE and interleukin 13

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3540-3544

  Komiya, Ichiro ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^b   Sato, Akira ^c   Kouki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nishimori, Takeshi ^b   Takasu, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Kashiwa Hospital   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034880630     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.8.3540     Document Type: Article

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