Increased prevalence and coincidence of antinuclear and antithyroid antibodies in the population exposed to high levels of polychlorinated pollutants cocktail

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Cebecauer, L ^a   Radikova, Z ^b   Rovensky, J ^a   Koska, ^b   Imrich, R ^b   Ksinantova, L ^b   Susienkova, K ^c   Vigas, M ^b   Klimes, I ^b   Langer, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c Economics University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; DDE; HCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Thyroperoxidase antibodies

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SLOVAKIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350757676     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: 13360329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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