Too early to dismiss Yersinia enterocolitica infection in the aetiology of Graves' disease: Evidence from a twin case-control study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-496

  Brix, Thomas H ^a   Hansen, Pia S ^a,b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a   Wenzel, Björn E ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ZYGOSITY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 49649091564     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03227.x     Document Type: Article

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