Symptoms in euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Is there a role for autoimmunity itself?

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-335

  Dardano, Angela ^a   Bazzzichi, Laura ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a   Monzani, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNITY; EUTHYROIDISM; FATIGUE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEAKNESS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84857838362     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0100     Document Type: Letter

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