Natural history of the transition from euthyroidism to overt autoimmune hypo- or hyperthyroidism: A prospective study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-113

  Effraimidis, Grigoris ^a   Strieder, Thea G A ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HYPERTHYROIDISM; AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE DURATION; HISTORY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751520407     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0785     Document Type: Article

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