Peculiarities of Graves' disease in children and adolescents with Down's syndrome

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-595

  De Luca, Filippo ^a   Corrias, Andrea ^b   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^c   Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^a   Gastaldi, Roberto ^d   Cassio, Alessandra ^e   Mussa, Alessandro ^b   Aversa, Tommaso ^a   Radetti, Giorgio ^f   Arrigo, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77149156940     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0751     Document Type: Article

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