TSH-receptor antibody measurement in patients with various thyrotoxicosis and Hashimoto's thyroiditis: A comparison of two two-step assays, coated plate ELISA using porcine TSH-receptor and coated tube radioassay using human recombinant TSH-receptor

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Kamijo, Keiichi ^a  

^a Kamijo Thyroid Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human recombinant TSH R; Porcine TSH R; TBII; TSH receptor antibody

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0037296424     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.113     Document Type: Article

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