Involvement of stress in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease: A prospective study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1191-1198

  Effraimidis, Grigoris ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Daily hassles; Graves' hyperthyroidism; Hashimoto's hypothyroidism; Life events; Mood; Stress; TPO antibodies

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; EVERYDAY PROBLEM CHECKLIST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECENT EXPERIENCED STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS; STRESS; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862313366     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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