Childhood onset demyelination and Graves' disease: Shared antigen or autoimmune clustering?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1233-1236

  Mitchell, Rebecca S ^a   Yager, Jerome Y ^b   Marks, Seth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Division of Pediatric Neurology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Encephalomyelitis; Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism; Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 37349020989     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2007.20.11.1233     Document Type: Article

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