Familial risks for hospitalized Graves' disease and goiter

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-629

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Shu, Xiaochen ^b   Li, Xinjun ^b   Ji, Jianguang ^b   Sundquist, Kristina ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^c,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HERITABILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR GOITER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SWEDEN; THYROID DISEASE; TOXIC GOITER; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PARENT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 70349762049     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0349     Document Type: Article

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