Interactions of lymphocytes, thyrocytes and fibroblasts in hashimoto's thyroiditis: An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 335-342

  Ben Skowronek, Iwona ^a   Szewczyk, Leszek ^a   Ciechanek, Roman ^b   Korobowicz, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b Division of Surgery   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIBODY; CD79 ANTIGEN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PARAFFIN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NODULAR GOITER; PLASMA CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; SYNAPSE; THYROID CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBROBLASTS; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455167820     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331857     Document Type: Article

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