Thyroid antibodies in aquaporin-4 antibody positive central nervous system autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Sellner, Johann ^a,b   Kalluri, Sudhakar R ^a   Cepok, Sabine ^a   Hemmer, Bernhard ^a   Berthele, Achim ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CD45 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS;

AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 79960194358     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04024.x     Document Type: Letter

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