Possible association between thyroid autoimmunity and Menière's disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-32

  Fattori, B ^a   Nacci, A ^a   Dardano, A ^a   Dallan, I ^a   Grosso, M ^a   Traino, C ^b   Mancini, V ^a   Ursino, F ^a   Monzani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune thyroiditis; Endolymphatic hydrop; Meni re's disease; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 40449106403     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03595.x     Document Type: Article

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