Clinical value of a bispecific antibody binding to thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase (TGPO-aAb) in various thyroid diseases

Autoimmunity

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-262

  Zöphel, Klaus ^a   Grüning, Thomas ^a   Wunderlich, Gerd ^a   Franke, Wolf Gunter ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; TGPO; Thyroglobulin; Thyroperoxidase

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; TOXIC GOITER;

EID: 0344417938     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994744     Document Type: Article

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