A case of Hypothyroid Graves' Disease with extremely high titers of TSAb

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-339

  Nakai, Miho ^a   Okada, Yosuke ^a   Tanikawa, Takahisa ^a   Kanda, Kazuko ^a   Morita, Emiko ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' ophthalmopathy; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Thyroid stimulating antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID MICROSOME ANTIGEN; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROID GRAVES DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MICROSOME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0141480961     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.25.333     Document Type: Article

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