Diseases associated with thyroid autoimmunity: Explanations for the expanding spectrum

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-418

  Weetman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; VITAMIN D;

AIRE GENE; ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE ENDOCRINOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; CD274 GENE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CTLA 4 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FCRL3 GENE; FOXP3 GENE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IL2RA GENE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTNP22 GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; URTICARIA; VITILIGO;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 79952364747     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03855.x     Document Type: Review

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