Relevance of autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents with vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-179

  Uncu, Sibel ^c   Yayli, Savaş ^a   Bahadir, Sevgi ^a   Ökiten, Ayşenur ^b   Alpay, Köksal ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Fatih State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENDER; HALO NEVUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; ONSET AGE; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; NEVUS, HALO; PEDIGREE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VITILIGO;

EID: 78751624995     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04665.x     Document Type: Article

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