Frequency of abnormal thyroid function tests in Kuwaiti Arabs with autoimmune diseases

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-65

  Al Awadhi, A M ^a   Olusi, S ^a   Hasan, E A ^b   Abdullah, A ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Abnormal thyroid functions; Autoimmune diseases; Thyroid autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARABS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 36749019133     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109592     Document Type: Article

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