Autoimmune thyroiditis and rheumatoid arthritis: Is there really an association?

Endocrinologist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-34

  Gonçalves, Fabrícia Torres ^a,b   Feibelmann, Taciana Carla Maia ^a   Ranza, Roberto ^a   Daud, Mariana Salomão ^a   Taliberti, Ben Hur Braga ^a   Pinto, Rogério De Melo Costa ^a   Jorge, Paulo Tannús ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOXIC GOITER;

EID: 67651056468     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TEN.0b013e3181959069     Document Type: Article

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