Characterization of thyroglobulin epitopes in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune thyroid diseases using recombinant human monoclonal thyroglobulin autoantibodies

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 591-596

  Latrofa, Francesco ^a,b   Ricci, Debora ^a   Grasso, Lucia ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a   Masserini, Lucio ^a   Basolo, Fulvio ^a   Ugolini, Clara ^a   Mascia, Giovanni ^a   Lucacchini, Antonio ^a   Pinchera, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 39049111167     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-1199     Document Type: Article

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