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Thyroid autoimmunity.

B R Champion·A Cooke·D C Rayner
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Abstract

Antigenic structure remains a major focus in thyroid immunology. The genes for three major thyroid antigens--thyroglobulin, thyroid peroxidase and the thyrotropin receptor--were sequenced in the late 1980's, and epitopes for antibody and T cells have been reported within the last year. In addition, new evidence for selective use of T-cell receptor V gene segments in human thyroid infiltrates may point the way to specific immunotherapy.

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B R Champion, A Cooke, D C Rayner. 1992. Thyroid autoimmunity.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0952-7915(92)90060-r

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