Systemic autoimmune manifestations: When should underlying thyroid autoimmunity be considered?

Current Rheumatology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Mavragani, Clio P ^a   Danielides, Matina I ^a   Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibodies; Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis; Organ specific autoimmunity; Rheumatic manifestations; Systemic autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRY EYE; ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33750698944     PISSN: 15733971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339706778699832     Document Type: Review

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