Excess urinary iodine is associated with autoimmune subclinical hypothyroidism among Egyptian women

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-605

  Alsayed, Ahmed ^a,d   Gad, Adela M ^b   Abdel Baset, Hoda ^b   Abdel Fattah, Abeer ^b   Ahmed, Adel ^c   Azab, Adel ^c  

^a Internal Medicine Department

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Subclinical hypothyroidism; Thyroid peroxidase antibody; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; URINALYSIS; URINARY IODINE CONCENTRATION;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; THYROTROPIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 46749149698     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-165     Document Type: Article

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