Correlation of serum thyroid hormones autoantibodies with self-reported exposure to thyroid disruptors in a group of nonsegmental vitiligo patients

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-190

  Colucci, Roberta ^a   Lotti, Francesco ^b   Arunachalam, Meena ^a   Lotti, Torello ^c   Dragoni, Federica ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^d   Moretti, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c GUGLIELMO MARCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALACHLOR; ALCOHOL; AUTOANTIBODY; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IODINE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RESORCINOL; THIOCYANATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ALCOHOL; ANTIBODY; CORRELATION; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; IODINE; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; THYROID FUNCTION; VITILIGO; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID HORMONES; VITILIGO;

EID: 84942985885     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0138-7     Document Type: Article

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