Monozygotic twin pairs discordant for Hashimoto's thyroiditis share a high proportion of thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies to the immunodominant region A. Further evidence for genetic transmission of epitopic "fingerprints"

Autoimmunity

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a   Gardas, Andrzej ^b   Banga, J Paul ^c   Nielsen, Claus H ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autoantibodies; autoimmune thyroid disease; Autoimmunity; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; thyroid peroxidase; twins

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RABBIT ANTISERUM; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79953094727     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2010.518575     Document Type: Article

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