Thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin autoantibodies in a large survey of populations with mild and moderate iodine deficiency

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^b   Perrild, Hans ^d   Ovesen, Lars ^c   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Inst of Food Research and Nutrition   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0037235012     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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