An approach to the correlation between vitiligo and autoimmune thyroiditis in Chinese children

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 706-710

  Yang, Y ^a   Lin, X ^a   Fu, W ^a   Luo, X ^a   Kang, K ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VITILIGO; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; VITILIGO;

EID: 77956684380     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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