Serum pituitary antibodies in normal pregnancy and in patients with postpartum thyroiditis: A nested case-control study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Manetti, Luca ^a   Parkes, Arthur B ^b   Lupi, Isabella ^a   Di Cianni, Graziano ^a   Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Albertini, Sonia ^a   Morselli, Lisa Linda ^a   Raffaelli, Valentina ^a   Russo, Dania ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^c   Gasperi, Maurizio ^d   Lazarus, John H ^b   Martino, Enio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS ANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYRONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; PITUITARY GLAND; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; THYROGLOBULIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149354728     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0617     Document Type: Article

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