Dynamic changes of IgG subtypes of thyroid peroxidase antibody in patients with postpartum thyroiditis

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Teng, Di ^a   Li, Chenyang ^b   Teng, Ying ^b   Ouyang, Yuhong ^b   Li, Yushu ^a   Teng, Weiping ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenyang No 5 People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

IgG; Postpartum thyroiditis; Thyroid peroxidase antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70349894135     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245943     Document Type: Article

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