Thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies in euthyroid subjects

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Prummel, Mark F ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Thyroid peroxidase (TPO)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; LITHIUM; SELENIUM; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 13844256188     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2004.11.003     Document Type: Review

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