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A M McGregor

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1 Carbimazole and the autoimmune response in Graves' disease. N Engl J Med 1980 2.62
2 Computerised updating of clinical summaries: new opportunities for clinical practice and research? BMJ 1988 2.49
3 Cyclosporin improves Graves' ophthalmopathy. Lancet 1983 2.32
4 Autoimmune thyroid disease: further developments in our understanding. Endocr Rev 1994 2.19
5 Postpartum thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid 1992 2.03
6 Autoimmune thyroid disease: developments in our understanding. Endocr Rev 1984 1.98
7 Maturation of the secretion of thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone in the fetus. N Engl J Med 1991 1.78
8 Prediction of outcome in Graves' disease after carbimazole treatment. Q J Med 1986 1.68
9 Effects of bromocriptine on pituitary tumour size. Br Med J 1979 1.64
10 The nadir growth hormone after an octreotide test dose predicts the long-term efficacy of somatostatin analogue therapy in acromegaly. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2005 1.47
11 The evaluation of patients with a suspected pituitary microadenoma: computer tomography compared to magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1992 1.41
12 Thyroid antibodies are produced by thyroid-derived lymphocytes. Clin Exp Immunol 1982 1.39
13 Enzyme-linked immunoassay of monoclonal and serum microsomal autoantibodies. Clin Chim Acta 1984 1.31
14 Prediction of relapse in hyperthyroid Graves' disease. Lancet 1980 1.27
15 Methimazole inhibits thyroid autoantibody production by an action on accessory cells. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1983 1.23
16 Sites of autoantibody production in rats with thyroiditis. Immunology 1982 1.21
17 Postpartum thyroid dysfunction in Mid Glamorgan. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988 1.20
18 The influence of methimazole on thyroglobulin-induced autoimmune thyroiditis in the rat. Endocrinology 1983 1.19
19 Gene expression and serum levels of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF-binding proteins in a case of non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia. Growth Horm IGF Res 1998 1.10
20 Reduction in size of a pituitary tumor by bromocriptine therapy. N Engl J Med 1979 1.08
21 Analysis of T cell subsets in Graves' disease: alterations associated with carbimazole. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 1.08
22 Parathyroid hormone-related peptide in normal human fetal development. J Mol Endocrinol 1990 1.06
23 An immunotoxin of ricin A chain conjugated to thyroglobulin selectively suppresses the antithyroglobulin autoantibody response. Lancet 1983 1.04
24 The influence of cyclosporin a on experimental autoimmune thyroid disease in the rat. Life Sci 1983 1.02
25 Evidence for an effect of antithyroid drugs on the natural history of Graves' disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1984 1.01
26 Carbimazole and autoantibody synthesis in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Br Med J 1980 1.00
27 Monoclonal antibodies to the human TSH receptor: epitope mapping and binding to the native receptor on the basolateral plasma membrane of thyroid follicular cells. J Mol Endocrinol 1996 0.99
28 Agonist-induced endocytosis and recycling of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor: effect of beta-arrestin on internalization kinetics. Mol Endocrinol 1998 0.99
29 Thyroid hormones fail to influence experimental autoimmune thyroiditis. Clin Exp Immunol 1982 0.97
30 Autoantibodies to the thyroid microsomal/thyroid peroxidase antigen are polyclonal and directed to several distinct antigenic sites. Immunology 1988 0.97
31 Unaltered thyroid function in mice responding to a highly immunogenic thyrotropin receptor: implications for the establishment of a mouse model for Graves' disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1995 0.97
32 Liver transplantation in man--3, Studies of liver function, histology, and immunosuppressive therapy. Br Med J 1969 0.95
33 Antithyroid-antibody activity in the snyovial fluid of patients with various arthritides. Lancet 1979 0.94
34 The effect of preoperative Lugol's iodine on thyroid blood flow in patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism. Surgery 1987 0.94
35 Combined segregation and linkage analysis of Graves disease with a thyroid autoantibody diathesis. Am J Hum Genet 1994 0.93
36 The prevalence and progression of autoimmune thyroid disease in the elderly. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1984 0.93
37 Prediction of domain organisation and secondary structure of thyroid peroxidase, a human autoantigen involved in destructive thyroiditis. FEBS Lett 1990 0.93
38 Methimazole and generation of oxygen radicals by monocytes: potential role in immunosuppression. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 0.92
39 Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the elderly and in Down's syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 1985 0.91
40 Altered dopaminergic regulation of thyrotrophin release in patients with prolactinomas: comparison with other tests of hypothalamic-pituitary function. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1981 0.91
41 Extrathyroidal sites of autoantibody synthesis in Graves' disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1984 0.91
42 Thyroid microsomal/thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies show discrete patterns of cross-reactivity to myeloperoxidase, lactoperoxidase and horseradish peroxidase. Immunology 1989 0.91
43 Mapping epitope specificities of monoclonal antibodies to thyroid peroxidase using recombinant antigen preparations. Autoimmunity 1992 0.91
44 Heat shock proteins and autoimmune thyroid disease; too hot to handle? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992 0.90
45 Mapping of autoantigenic epitopes on recombinant thyroid peroxidase fragments using the polymerase chain reaction. Autoimmunity 1990 0.90
46 Immunological and molecular characteristics of the thyroid peroxidase autoantigen. Autoimmunity 1991 0.89
47 Identification of an immunodominant region recognized by human autoantibodies in a three-dimensional model of thyroid peroxidase. Endocrinology 2000 0.89
48 Transient post-partum thyroid dysfunction and postnatal depression. J Affect Disord 1989 0.89
49 T-cell subset analysis of cryopreserved human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Immunol Lett 1983 0.89
50 HLA-DPB1 polymorphisms in patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease and early onset myasthenia gravis. Autoimmunity 1994 0.88
51 Association between autoimmune thyroid disease and familial Alzheimer's disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1991 0.88
52 Thyroid function in small for gestational age fetuses. Obstet Gynecol 1991 0.88
53 The use of real-time orbital ultrasound in Graves' ophthalmopathy: a comparison with computed tomography. Br J Radiol 1989 0.88
54 Ocular manifestations of Graves' disease: a review. J R Soc Med 1984 0.88
55 Thyroid hormones and bone. J Endocrinol 1993 0.87
56 The production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to the human thyroid microsome. J Endocrinol 1985 0.87
57 Characterization of monoclonal antibodies directed towards the microsomal/microvillar thyroid autoantigen recognized by Hashimoto autoantibodies. Clin Exp Immunol 1986 0.87
58 The effects of hyperthyroidism on experimental autoimmune thyroiditis in the rat. Endocrinology 1985 0.87
59 Analysis of the thyrotropin receptor as a candidate gene in familial Graves' disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996 0.87
60 Enzymes as targets for autoantibodies in human autoimmune disease: relevance to pathogenesis? Autoimmunity 1991 0.86
61 Effects of radioiodine on thyrotrophin binding inhibiting immunoglobulins in Graves' disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1979 0.86
62 Analysis of anti-idiotypic antibodies against anti-microsomal antibodies in patients with thyroid autoimmunity. J Autoimmun 1992 0.86
63 Thyroid function in fetuses with chromosomal abnormalities. BMJ 1991 0.86
64 Fetal thyroid function. Thyroid 1992 0.86
65 Thyroglobulin antibodies in Graves' disease are associated with T-cell receptor beta chain and major histocompatibility complex loci. Clin Exp Immunol 1989 0.85
66 Antigen-specific T cell recognition of affinity-purified and recombinant thyroid peroxidase in autoimmune thyroid disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1992 0.85
67 Human immunoglobulin G autoantibodies to the thyrotropin receptor from Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B lymphocytes: characterization by immunoprecipitation with recombinant antigen and biological activity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996 0.85
68 Serum insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels and IGFBP-3 protease activity in normal, abnormal, and multiple human pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1995 0.85
69 Direct binding of thyrotropin receptor autoantibody to in vitro translated thyrotropin receptor: a comparison to radioreceptor assay and thyroid stimulating bioassay. Thyroid 1999 0.85
70 Phaeochromocytoma [corrected] crisis. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2013 0.85
71 Expression of a human thyrotrophin receptor fragment in Escherichia coli and its interaction with the hormone and autoantibodies from patients with Graves' disease. J Mol Endocrinol 1992 0.84
72 Tri-iodothyronine stimulates rat osteoclastic bone resorption by an indirect effect. J Endocrinol 1992 0.84
73 The thyrotrophin hormone receptor of Graves' disease: overexpression of the extracellular domain in insect cells using recombinant baculovirus, immunoaffinity purification and analysis of autoantibody binding. J Mol Endocrinol 1993 0.84
74 Effect of radioiodine on stimulatory activity of Graves' immunoglobulins. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1982 0.84
75 Endocrine function, psychiatric and clinical consequences in patients with macroprolactinomas after long-term treatment with the new non-ergot dopamine agonist CV205-502. Q J Med 1991 0.83
76 A simple high yield method for the preparation of lambda gt10 DNA suitable for subcloning, amplification and direct sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res 1990 0.83
77 A multiplicity of protein antigens in subcellular fractions of rat insulinoma tissue are able to stimulate T cells obtained from non-obese diabetic mice. Diabetologia 1993 0.83
78 Iodide enhances IgG synthesis by human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1983 0.83
79 A short-term-culture ELISA system to detect IgG and autoantibody synthesis by human lymphocytes. J Immunol Methods 1982 0.83
80 Complement component C9 in Graves' disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1986 0.83
81 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and complement C4 genotypes in patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1991 0.83
82 An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the measurement of thyroglobulin in human serum using mouse monoclonal antibodies. J Endocrinol 1985 0.82
83 Autoimmune thyroid disease and pregnancy. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 0.82
84 The blockage of anoplasmic flow of proteins by colchicine and cytochalasins. J Neurochem 1973 0.82
85 Production and utilization of monoclonal antibodies to human/rat corticotrophin-releasing factor-41. J Mol Endocrinol 1990 0.82
86 Duplex scan-derived thyroid blood flow in euthyroid and hyperthyroid patients. World J Surg 1988 0.82
87 Induction of thyroiditis in mice with thyrotropin receptor lacking serologically dominant regions. Clin Exp Immunol 1998 0.82
88 Thyroglobulin uptake and presentation by macrophages in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis. Immunology 1983 0.81
89 CV205-502, a new non-ergot dopamine agonist, reduces prolactinoma size in man. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1990 0.81
90 Proteinuria in autoimmune thyroid disease. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1985 0.81
91 HLA-DPB1 polymorphisms on the MHC-extended haplotypes of families of patients with Graves' disease: two distinct HLA-DR17 haplotypes. Eur J Clin Invest 1994 0.81
92 Effect of lithium carbonate therapy on thyroid immune status in manic depressive patients: a prospective study. J Affect Disord 1987 0.81
93 Effect of Graves' IgG on gene transcription in human thyroid cell cultures. Thyroglobulin gene activation. FEBS Lett 1988 0.81
94 The influence of cyclosporin A on the induction of experimental autoimmune thyroid disease in the PVG/c rat. Clin Exp Immunol 1985 0.81
95 Activation of the thyroid peroxidase gene in human thyroid cells: effect of thyrotrophin, forskolin and phorbol ester. J Mol Endocrinol 1989 0.81
96 C4A gene deletion: association with Graves' disease. J Mol Endocrinol 1989 0.80
97 Enhanced luminescence immunoassay: evaluation of a new, more sensitive thyrotropin assay. Clin Chem 1986 0.80
98 Some current aspects of clinical and experimental neuroendocrinology with particular reference to growth hormone, thyrotropin and prolactin. J Endocrinol Invest 1980 0.80
99 Fetal thyroid-stimulating hormone response to maternal administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 0.80
100 A polyclonal T cell repertoire of V-alpha and V-beta T cell receptor gene families in intrathyroidal T lymphocytes of Graves' disease patients. Scand J Immunol 1995 0.80
101 Enhanced resolution of the SstI polymorphic variants of the C2 locus: description of a new size class. Hum Immunol 1989 0.80
102 Immunological events leading to destructive thyroiditis in the AUG rat. Clin Exp Immunol 1988 0.80
103 Thyroid autoantigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. J Clin Lab Immunol 1985 0.80
104 Sex hormones enhance immunoglobulin synthesis by human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Immunol Lett 1981 0.80
105 Localization of a pernicious anaemia autoantibody epitope on the alpha-subunit of human H,K-adenosine triphosphatase. Scand J Gastroenterol 1994 0.80
106 Human thyroid peroxidase (TPO) isoforms, TPO-1 and TPO-2: analysis of protein expression in Graves' thyroid tissue. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 0.80
107 DQA2 U allele: a genetic marker for relapse of Graves' disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1990 0.80
108 Specificity of the immunosuppressive action of carbimazole in Graves's disease. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1982 0.79
109 Molecular cloning of a human thyrotropin receptor cDNA fragment. Use of highly degenerate, inosine containing primers derived from aligned amino acid sequences of a homologous family of glycoprotein hormone receptors. FEBS Lett 1990 0.79
110 Endocrine and cardiac paracrine actions of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) during thyroid dysfunction in the rat: is IGF-I implicated in the mechanism of heart weight/body weight change during abnormal thyroid function? J Mol Endocrinol 1993 0.79
111 MHC-extended haplotypes in families of patients with Graves' disease. Hum Immunol 1993 0.79
112 Cyclosporin A in management of Graves' disease. J R Soc Med 1985 0.79
113 Purification and crystallisation of the autoantigen thyroid peroxidase from human Graves' thyroid tissue. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997 0.79
114 Left ventricle filling abnormalities prior to and following treatment of thyrotoxicosis--is diastolic dysfunction implicated in thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy? Eur Heart J 1993 0.79
115 The tissue distribution of thyroglobulin-responsive B and T cells in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT). J Clin Lab Immunol 1984 0.78
116 An investigation into the role of antigen presenting cells in immunoglobulin synthesis in vitro. J Clin Lab Immunol 1987 0.78
117 Characterisation of the antibody response to the extracellular region of recombinant thyrotropin receptor. Autoimmunity 1997 0.78
118 Evidence for 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor involvement in the control of prolactin secretion in man. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1995 0.78
119 HLA-DR-restricted T cell lines from newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic patients specific for insulinoma and normal islet beta cell proteins: lack of reactivity to glutamic acid decarboxylase. Clin Exp Immunol 1995 0.78
120 Effect of irradiation on thyroid-autoantibody production. Lancet 1979 0.78
121 A study of triplets with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Postgrad Med J 1979 0.78
122 In vitro studies on the control of thyroid autoantibody synthesis. J Clin Lab Immunol 1980 0.78
123 The enhancement of immunoglobulin synthesis by human lymphocytes with lithium. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1982 0.78
124 A histomorphometric study of bone changes in thyroid dysfunction in rats. Bone 1995 0.77
125 The pharmaceutical care of patients with hypertension: an examination of service models in primary care in the US. Pharm World Sci 2001 0.77
126 The isoform-specific expression of the tri-iodothyronine receptor in osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Eur J Clin Invest 1996 0.77
127 Distinct immunological and biochemical properties of thyroid peroxidase purified from human thyroid glands and recombinant protein produced in insect cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999 0.77
128 Nucleotide sequence of the alternatively spliced human thyroid peroxidase cDNA, TPO-2. Nucleic Acids Res 1990 0.77
129 The role of the spleen in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis. Clin Exp Immunol 1984 0.77
130 The aetiology of Graves' disease: what is the genetic contribution? Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1998 0.77
131 Autoantibody stimulation of the human thyrotropin receptor: regulation of adenylate cyclase activity, thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase mRNA levels in primary cultures of Graves' thyroid tissue. Clin Exp Immunol 1991 0.77
132 Immunosuppressive effects of antithyroid drugs. Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 0.77
133 Regional sublocalization of the human thyroid peroxidase gene (TPO) by tritium and fluorescence in situ hybridization to chromosome 2p25-->p24. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1993 0.77
134 The proportion of glycosylated prolactin in serum is decreased in hyperprolactinemic states. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1990 0.76
135 Susceptibility to autoimmune thyroiditis in Down's syndrome is associated with the major histocompatibility class II DQA 0301 allele. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1994 0.75
136 The influence of lithium chloride on experimental autoimmune thyroid disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1985 0.75
137 Computerised updating of clinical summaries. BMJ 1989 0.75
138 Analysis of the spectrotypes of autoantibodies against thyroglobulin in two rat models of autoimmune thyroiditis. Clin Exp Immunol 1988 0.75
139 The secretion of thyrotrophin with impaired biological activity in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1978 0.75
140 Monoclonal antibodies: production and use. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1981 0.75
141 Failure to demonstrate cell-mediated immune responses to thyroid antigens in Graves' disease using in vitro assays of lymphokine-mediated migration inhibition. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 0.75
142 Importance of cannulated prolactin test in the definition of hyperprolactinaemia. Pituitary 2015 0.75
143 Phorbol myristate acetate inhibits immunoglobulin synthesis by human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Immunol Lett 1982 0.75
144 Binding of antithyrotropin receptor autoantibodies in Graves' disease serum to nascent, in vitro translated thyrotropin receptor: ability to map epitopes recognized by antibodies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996 0.75
145 Mack Forster Award for 1990. Eur J Clin Invest 1990 0.75
146 Clinical studies of the reactivity of serum IgG from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy with porcine orbital tissue preparations. Biomed Pharmacother 1989 0.75
147 Bromocriptine treatment of prolactinomas. N Engl J Med 1979 0.75
148 Graves' ophthalmopathy: medical management. Curr Ther Endocrinol Metab 1997 0.75
149 Bromocriptine. Practitioner 1981 0.75
150 The absence of any effect of methimazole on in vitro cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1985 0.75
151 The impact of palliative medicine? Palliat Med 1999 0.75
152 Immune recognition of antigen and its relevance to autoimmune disease: recent advances at the molecular level. Eur J Clin Invest 1989 0.75
153 Postpartum thyroid dysfunction and HLA status. Eur J Clin Invest 1990 0.75
154 Support for an immunosuppressive action of dimethylsulfoxide. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1982 0.75
155 IgG subclass distribution and relative functional affinity of thyroid microsomal antibodies in postpartum thyroiditis. Eur J Clin Invest 1990 0.75
156 Normalization of thyroid blood flow in Graves' hyperthyroidism following radioactive iodine therapy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1990 0.75
157 A prospective study of the effects of radio-iodine therapy on thyroid-stimulating antibody synthesis in Grave's disease [proceedings]. J Endocrinol 1979 0.75
158 Autoantibodies to the thyrotrophin receptor mimic thyrotrophin in stimulating both thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase mRNA transcription in human thyroid cells. Biochem Soc Trans 1990 0.75
159 Linkage disequilibrium between the HLA-DQA2 alleles and the HLA/DR/DQ complex. Hum Immunol 1991 0.75
160 The accumulation of [35S]methimazole by monocytes and macrophages. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1984 0.75
161 Changes in hepatic insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins -1, -2 and -3 mRNA levels in rats with altered thyroid status. J Endocrinol 1994 0.75
162 Thyroid disease and pregnancy. Practitioner 1986 0.75
163 Effect of tri-iodothyronine on normal human lymphocyte function. J Endocrinol 1984 0.75
164 Dilemmas in the management of functioning pituitary tumours. Br J Hosp Med 1981 0.75
165 Pregnancy and autoimmune thyroid disease. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2008 0.75
166 Endocrine disease and pregnancy. Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab 1990 0.75
167 Autoantigenic epitopes on thyroid microsome/thyroid peroxidase antigen recognized by autoantibodies reside in the amino region, the carboxyl region and the central core of the molecule. Autoimmunity 1989 0.75
168 Atypical T lymphoproliferative disorder demonstrating in vitro suppressor and helper characteristics. Br J Haematol 1982 0.75