Effect of Thyroglobulin Autoantibodies on the Metabolic Clearance of Serum Thyroglobulin

Thyroid

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 288-294

  Latrofa, Francesco ^a   Ricci, Debora ^a   Bottai, Sara ^a   Brozzi, Federica ^a   Chiovato, Luca ^b   Piaggi, Paolo ^c   Marinò, Michele ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; Graves' disease; thyroglobulin autoantibodies; thyroglobulin measurement; thyroglobulin metabolic clearance; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISONE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 85045422817     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2017.0052     Document Type: Article

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