Erratum: The incidence and prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (Endocrine DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9703-2);The incidence and prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-265

  McLeod, Donald S A ^a,b   Cooper, David S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Graves disease; Hashimoto disease; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IODINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; EUROPE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84867403047     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9773-1     Document Type: Erratum

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