Thyrotropin receptor autoantibodies (TSHRAbs): Epitopes, origins and clinical significance

Autoimmunity

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Kohn, Leonard D ^a   Harii, Norikazu ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking TSHRAbs; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's disease; Primary myxedema; Stimulating TSHRAbs; Thyrotropin binding inhibiting immunoglobulin (TBIIs)

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN BINDING INHIBITION ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOMOGENATE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYXEDEMA; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CYCLIC AMP; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0141816819     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930310001604199     Document Type: Review

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