Immunoglobulin g4 thyroiditis in a graves' disease patient with a large goiter developing hypothyroidism

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1496-1497

  Nishihara, Eijun ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Ito, Mitsuru ^a   Nakamura, Hirotoshi ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 THYROIDITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887443590     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0181     Document Type: Letter

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