There is immunological benefit of selenium treatment in autoimmune thyroiditis?

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-672

  Turker, Omer ^a   Karapolat, Inanc ^a  

^a Izmir Sifa Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENOMETHIONINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELENIUM; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 46349102760     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0391     Document Type: Letter

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