Association between parity and autoimmune thyroiditis in a general female population

Autoimmunity

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-180

  Friedrich, Nele ^a   Schwarz, Sabine ^b   Thonack, Jens ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Parity; Pregnancy; Study of Health in Pomerania; Thyroperoxidase antibodies

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 40649088667     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930701777629     Document Type: Article

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