Evolution of thyroid autoimmunity during iodine prophylaxis - The Sri Lankan experience

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Mazziotti, G ^a   Premawardhana, L D K E ^a   Parkes, A B ^a   Adams, H ^a   Smyth, P P A ^b   Smith, D F ^b   Kaluarachi, W N ^c   Wijeyaratne, C N ^c   Jayashinghe, A ^c   de Silve, D G H ^c   Lazarus, J H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXCRETION; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; AUTOANTIBODIES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0043026911     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1490103     Document Type: Article

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