A population study of the association between thyroid autoantibodies in serum and abnormalities in thyroid function and structure

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 713-720

  Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Laurberg, Peter ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^b,c   Jørgensen, Torben ^c   Perrild, Hans ^b   Ovesen, Lars ^d   Rasmussen, Lone Banke ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE ATROPHIC THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 20444458342     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02284.x     Document Type: Article

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