Frequency of diabetes and thyroid autoantibodies in patients with autoimmune endocrine disease from Cameroon

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 229-232

  Hawa, M I ^b   Picardi, A ^a   Costanza, F ^a   D'Avola, D ^a   Beretta Anguissola, G ^a   Guglielmi, C ^a,b   Mottini, G ^a   Fezeu, L ^c   Mbanya, J C ^c   Leslie, R D G ^b   Pozzilli, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Autoimmunity; GAD antibodies; IA2 antibodies; TPO antibodies; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CAMEROON; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 32044467381     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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