The influence of hepatitis C infection and interferon-α therapy on thyrotropin blocking and stimulating autoantibodies in Graves' ophthalmopathy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus is a highly immunogenic pathogen often inducing autoimmune activation changes and this can often be further exacerbated by Interferon therapy. As HCV is lymphocytotropic, it can modulate T cell and B cell antibody responses, affecting many endocrine organs, most commonl...

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Autores principales: Tran, Huy A, Reeves, Glenn EM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19954547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-2-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19954547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-2-12

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