Thyroid autoantibody testing in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases;Diagnostica di laboratorio delle tireopatie autoimmuni

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 609-617

  Tozzoli, Renato ^a   Villalta, Danilo ^b   Bizzaro, Nicola ^a   Tonutti, Elio ^c   Manoni, Fabio ^d  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid diseases; Guidelines; Thyroglobulin antibodies; Thyroid peroxidase antibodies; TSH receptor antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0035487513     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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