Graves' disease is a multi-system autoimmune disorder in which extra ocular muscle damage and connective tissue inflammation are variable features

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-36

  Wall, Jack R ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036150217     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502753451940     Document Type: Short Survey

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3. Echographic diagnosis of pretibial myxedema in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease
4. Characterization of a new subfamily of winged-helix/Forkhead (Fox) genes that are expressed in the lung and act as transcription repressors
5. Animal models of Graves' disease
6. Immunohistochemical evidence for IgE involvement in Graves' orbitopathy