Frequency of Hashimoto's thyroiditis antecedents in the history of children and adolescents with Graves' disease

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 473-476

  Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^a   Corrias, Andrea ^b   Arrigo, Teresa ^a   Lombardo, Fortunato ^a   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^c   Mussa, Alessandro ^b   Vigone, Maria Cristina ^d   De Luca, Filippo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Children; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Metamorphic thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHYROIDISM; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77952302607     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313395     Document Type: Article

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