Thyroid function and autoimmunity in children and adolescents with vitiligo [9]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-111

  Kurtev, Al ^a   Dourmishev, A L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; ULTRASOUND; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0742306903     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00728.x     Document Type: Letter

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