Serum-negative autoimmune thyroiditis: What's in a name?

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 589-591

  Rotondi, M ^a   Coperchini, F ^a   Magri, F ^a   Chiovato, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NOTE; SERUM NEGATIVE CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

HUMANS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84903751923     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-014-0083-8     Document Type: Note

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