Autoimmune thyroid disease: Mechanism, genetics and current knowledge

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 3611-3618

  Dong, Y H ^a   Fu, D G ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's disease

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBODY; PENDRIN ANTIBODY; SELENIUM; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84929388214     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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