Anti-Thyrotropin Autoantibodies in Patients with Macro-Thyrotropin and Long-Term Changes in Macro-Thyrotropin and Serum Thyrotropin Levels

Thyroid

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 138-146

  Hattori, Naoki ^a   Ishihara, Takashi ^b   Matsuoka, Naoki ^b   Saito, Takanori ^c   Shimatsu, Akira ^d  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; thyroid autoimmunity clinical; TSH; TSH receptor

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IODINE 125; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACRO THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIBODY; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN-BINDING INHIBITORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 85011397648     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2016.0442     Document Type: Article

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