Puberty Is Associated with a Marked Increase of the Female Sex Predominance in Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Hormone Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Mariotti, Stefano ^a   Prinzis, Alessia ^a   Ghiani, Mariangela ^a   Cambuli, Valentina M ^a   Pilia, Sabrina ^b   Marras, Valeria ^b   Carta, Daniela ^b   Loche, Sandro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Puberty; Sexual dimorphism; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 67651102688     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224341     Document Type: Article

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