Association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and interferon-α induced thyroid diseseas in four patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Labbadia, Giancarlo ^a   Martocchia, Antonio ^a   Mammarella, Antonio ^a   Paoletti, Vincenzo ^a   Rocco, Antonio ^a   Benvenuto, Rosalba ^a   Antonella, Proietti ^a   Rosaria, D'Urso ^a   Trabace, Simonetta ^a   Musca, Antonino ^a   Falaschi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; HCV; HLA; Thyroid diseases; interferon

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 21044457501     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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