Epitope recognition patterns of thyroglobulin antibody in sera from patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis on different thyroid functional status

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-290

  Liu, M ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Gao, Y ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Lu, G ^a   Guo, X ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epitope; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Pathogenesis; Thyroglobulin antibody

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; EPITOPE; HIRCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5E6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY ID4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PB2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TG6; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868233796     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04666.x     Document Type: Article

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