Autoimmune Addison disease: Pathophysiology and genetic complexity

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 306-316

  Mitchell, Anna L ^a   Pearce, Simon H S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADDISON DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE ADDISON DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADDISON DISEASE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84859956513     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.245     Document Type: Review

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