Identification of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase as a novel target of steroid cell autoantibodies: Association of autoantibodies with endocrine autoimmune disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4439-4445

  Arif, Sefina ^a   Vallian, Sadeq ^a   Farzaneh, Farzin ^a   Zanone, Maria M ^a   James, Susan L ^c   Pietropaolo, Massimo ^a,c   Hettiarachchi, Shyamani ^b   Vergani, Diego ^a   Conway, Gerard S ^b   Peakman, Mark ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE;

ADDISONIA;

EID: 10544240004     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4439     Document Type: Article

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