Virologic and Immunologic Evidence Supporting an Association between HHV-6 and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Caselli, Elisabetta ^a   Zatelli, Maria Chiara ^a   Rizzo, Roberta ^a   Benedetti, Sabrina ^a   Martorelli, Debora ^b   Trasforini, Giorgio ^a   Cassai, Enzo ^a   degli Uberti, Ettore C ^a   Di Luca, Dario ^a   Dolcetti, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; THYROID CELL; TROPISM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL LINE; DNA, VIRAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; THYROID GLAND; VIRAL LOAD;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 84868096065     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002951     Document Type: Article

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