Prevalence and functional significance of antipituitary antibodies in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune thyroid diseases

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2176-2181

  Manetti, Luca ^a   Lupi, Isabella ^a   Morselli, Lisa L ^a   Albertini, Sonia ^a   Cosottini, Mirco ^a   Grasso, Lucia ^a   Genovesi, Maura ^a   Pinna, Giovanni ^b   Mariotti, Stefano ^b   Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Bartalena, Luigi ^c   Martino, Enio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PITUITARY ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DYNAMICS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONAUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 34347237297     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2748     Document Type: Article

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