Seasonality of month of birth of patients with Graves' and Hashimoto's diseases differ from that in the general population

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-636

  Krassas, Gerasimos E ^c   Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Pontikides, Nikolaos ^c   Lewy, Hadas ^b   Laron, Zvi ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c PANAGIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 34250716406     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0015     Document Type: Article

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