Autoimmune thyroiditis and Helicobacter pylori - Is there a connection?

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Sterzl, Ivan ^a,b   Hrda, Pavlina ^a,b   Potuznikova, Bela ^a   Matucha, Petr ^b   Hana, Vaclav ^a   Zamrazil, Vaclav ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II; Autoimmune thyroiditis; Helicobacter pylori; Polyglandular activation of autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROME TYPE II; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 34047223023     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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