Autoantibody responses in autoimmune ovarian insufficiency and in Addison's disease are IgG1 dominated and suggest a predominant, but not exclusive, Th1 type of response

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Brozzetti, Annalisa ^a   Marzotti, Stefania ^a   Torre, Daria La ^a,g   Bacosi, Maria Luisa ^a   Morelli, Silvia ^a   Bini, Vittorio ^a   Ambrosi, Bruno ^b   Giordano, Roberta ^c   Perniola, Roberto ^d   De Bellis, Annamaria ^e   Betterle, Corrado ^f   Falorni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 77955347328     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0257     Document Type: Article

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