Thyroid function and anti-thyroid autoantibodies in untreated children with vertically acquired chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Indolfi, Giuseppe ^a   Stagi, Stefano ^a   Bartolini, Elisa ^a   Salti, Roberto ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^a   Azzari, Chiara ^a   Resti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 36949030813     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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