Familial clustering of juvenile thyroid autoimmunity: Higher risk is conferred by human leukocyte antigen DR3-DQ2 and thyroid peroxidase antibody status in fathers

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3779-3782

  Segni, Maria ^a   Pani, Michael A ^b   Pasquino, Anna Maria ^a   Badenhoop, Klaus ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036342665     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.8.8746     Document Type: Article

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