Thyroid autoimmunity and its association with cellular and humoral immunity in women with reproductive failures

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-87

  Kim, Na Young ^a   Cho, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Heun Yun ^a   Yang, Kwang Moon ^a,b   Ahn, Hyun Kyong ^a,b   Thornton, Simon ^c   Park, Joon Cheol ^a,d   Beaman, Kenneth ^a   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^a   Kwak Kim, Joanne ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^c CARE Fertility   (United Kingdom)

^d Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Pregnancy; Reproductive failure; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CD56 ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HISTONE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY; SINGLE STRANDED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-10; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 78650101329     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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