| Abstract | Thyroid stimulating antibodies (TSAb) and thyrotropin binding inhibiting immunoglobulins (TBII) were measured in 32 patients with Graves' disease who had been in remission for at least two years after treatment was been stopped. Seventeen patients had been treated with antithyroid drugs, and 15 patients with 131Iodine. In the first group 3 of 17 patients had TSAb and one TBII, whereas in the second group 4 of 15 patients had TSAb and two TBII. One patient from each group had inhibiting TSAb. During the follow-up one patient from each group relapsed, whereas 5 patients from the second group developed myxoedema. No relationship between the clinical outcome and TSAb and TBII was found. |
| Authors | H Bliddal, K Bech, C Kirkegaard |
| Journal | Hormone and metabolic research. Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung. Hormones et métabolisme
(Horm Metab Res)
Vol. 16
Issue 11
Pg. 602-5
(Nov 1984)
ISSN: 0018-5043 GERMANY, WEST |
| PMID | 6210237
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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| Chemical References |
- Antithyroid Agents
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
- Iodine Radioisotopes
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Antithyroid Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Graves Disease
(immunology)
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
(analysis)
- Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
- Iodine Radioisotopes
(therapeutic use)
- Male
- Middle Aged
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