A Polymorphism of Interferon-γ Gene Associated with Changes of Anti-Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies Induced by Antithyroid Drug Treatment for Graves' Disease in Japanese Patients

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-97

  Fukutani, Tomoka ^a   Hiromatsu, Yuji ^a   Kaku, Hiroo ^a   Miyake, Ikuyo ^a   Mukai, Tokunori ^a   Imamura, Yoichi ^a   Kohno, Shusuke ^a   Takane, Naoko ^a   Shoji, Shingo ^a   Otabe, Shuichi ^a   Yamada, Kentaro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 12144290700     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072504322880328     Document Type: Article

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