Effect of levothyroxine treatment on clinical symptoms and serum cytokine levels in euthyroid patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and thyroid autoimmunity

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-607

  Kiyici, S ^a   Gul, O O ^a   Baskan, E B ^a   Hacioglu, S ^a   Budak, F ^a   Erturk, E ^a   Imamoglu, S ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESLORATADINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; THYROID AUTOIMMUNITY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LORATADINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954336412     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03642.x     Document Type: Article

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