Genetics of Thyroid Autoimmunity - Update and Clinical Relevance;Genetik der Schilddrüsenautoimmunität - Update und klinische Relevanz

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Dultz, Georg ^a   Dittmar, Manuela ^b   Kahaly, George J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTLA 4; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; HLA; Polyglandular autoimmunity; PTPN22; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOANTIBODIES; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 22; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 64549095525     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-009-1034-6     Document Type: Review

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