Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody and vitiligo: A controlled study

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Daneshpazhooh, Maryam ^a   Mostofizadeh, G Mahtab ^a   Behjati, Javad ^a   Akhyani, Maryam ^a   Robati, Reza Mahmoud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; THEORY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VITILIGO; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; THYROID DISEASES; VITILIGO;

EID: 33645536188     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-6-3     Document Type: Article

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