Cutting edge: The etiology of autoimmune thyroid diseases

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Eschler, Deirdre Cocks ^a   Hasham, Alia ^a   Tomer, Yaron ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disorders epigenetics; Thyroid genetics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; ARGININE; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUTAMINE; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; IODINE; LITHIUM; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; TOXIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 20Q; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEREDITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STRESS; YERSINIA;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INFECTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 80054893294     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-010-8245-8     Document Type: Article

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