Prevalence and functional significance of thyrotropin receptor blocking antibodies in children and adolescents with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4742-4748

  Feingold, Shiri B ^a,b   Smith, Jessica ^a,b   Houtz, Jeff ^c   Popovsky, Erica ^a,b   Brown, Rosalind S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Quidel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; CYCLIC AMP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 73249148718     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1243     Document Type: Article

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