Autoimmune thyroid diseases in patients with chronic fasciolosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Demirci, Mustafa ^a,c   Tunc, S Ercan ^a   Delibas, Namik ^a   Tamer, M Numan ^a   Altuntas, Irfan ^a   Korkmaz, Metin ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Eosinophilia; Fasciolosis; IgG1

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0037475069     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040307     Document Type: Article

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