KITAGAWA KAZUO
   Department   Other, Other
   Position  
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Thyroid antibodies are associated with stenotic lesions in the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery.
Journal Formal name:European journal of neurology
Abbreviation:Eur J Neurol
ISSN code:(1468-1331)1351-5101(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 21(6),pp.867-73
Author and coauthor Tanaka M, Sakaguchi M, Yagita Y, Gon Y, Yoshikawa K, Takahashi T, Fukunaga R, Mochizuki H, Kitagawa K
Publication date 2014/06
Summary In young and middle-aged patients, a lesion in the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery was associated with elevated thyroid antibody levels and increased thyroid function. Stenoses found in the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and immune-mediated thyroid diseases may share a common background.
DOI 10.1111/ene.12397
PMID 24602238