Thyroid antibodies and tumor necrosis factor-α in patients with benign thyroid nodules treated by percutaneous ethanol injections

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Fronio, G ^a   Malecka Tendera, E ^b   Rojek, M ^a   Janowska, J ^b  

^a Outpatient Endocrinology Clinic   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Percutaneous ethanol injections; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 12344267190     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cpp43012     Document Type: Article

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