Bartonella henselae infection associated with autoimmune thyroiditis in a child

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-188

  Chiuri, Rosa Maria ^a   Matronola, Maria Ferrina ^a   Di Giulio, Concetta ^a   Comegna, Laura ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Blasetti, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Bartonella henselae; Infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGITATION; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; EUTHYROIDISM; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HLA TYPING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NECK SWELLING; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EID: 84876804596     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346903     Document Type: Article

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