Autoimmune thyroiditis in antinuclear antibody positive children without rheumatologic disease

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Torok, Kathryn S ^a   Arkachaisri, Thaschawee ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ALOPECIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VITILIGO;

EID: 77951826633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-8-15     Document Type: Article

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