Prevalence of autoantibodies and the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with interferon-α

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 5787-5792

  Gehring, Stephan ^a,b   Kullmer, Ulrike ^b   Koeppelman, Sabine ^b   Gerner, Patrick ^c   Wintermeyer, Philip ^c   Wirth, Stefan ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Children; Hepatitis C treatment; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY MICROSOME; LIVER MICROSOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750097170     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5787     Document Type: Article

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