Autoimmune thyroid disease: Unlocking a complex puzzle

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-528

  Brown, Rosalind S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD40; APOPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 22; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 68949176934     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832cf824     Document Type: Review

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