Environmental factors and autoimmune thyroiditis

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 454-460

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Environment; Peroxidase; Selenium; Thyroid antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 2; IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SOLVENT; THYROGLOBULIN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ANTIGENICITY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION; IODINATION; MONOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 47949096698     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0896     Document Type: Review

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