Article
Thyroid autoantibodies in black and in white children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their first degree relatives.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1990
Burek C L, Rose N R, Guire K E, Hoffman W H
Abstract excerpt
Genetic susceptibility is an important issue in understanding the mechanism of the autoimmune endocrinopathies and in assessing the risk of these conditions in pediatric patients. To this end, we evaluated autoantibodies to thyroid antigens, thyroglobulin (TgA) and microsomal antigen (TMA), in wh...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Black People
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Family
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Graves Disease
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
- Parents
- Risk Factors
- Thyroid Gland
- Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
- White People