Vitamin D deficiency in patients with Graves' disease: Probably something more than a casual association

Endocrine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-5

  Rotondi, Mario ^a   Chiovato, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CALCIDIOL 1 MONOOXYGENASE; COLECALCIFEROL; CYTOKINE; ELOCALCITOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; VITAMIN D;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY MASS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84872343171     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9776-y     Document Type: Editorial

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