Iodine contributes to thyroid autoimmunity in humans by unmasking a cryptic epitope on thyroglobulin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Latrofa, Francesco ^a   Fiore, Emilio ^a   Rago, Teresa ^a   Antonangeli, Lucia ^a   Montanelli, Lucia ^a   Ricci, Debora ^a   Provenzale, Maria Annateresa ^a   Scutari, Maria ^a   Frigeri, Monica ^a   Tonacchera, Massimo ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IODINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING ASSAY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID AUTOIMMUNITY; THYROID GLAND; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84887480754     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2912     Document Type: Article

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