Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) refers to a spectrum of various diseases, with two
extremes of clinical presentation, hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and …

Autoimmune diseases have a high prevalence in the population, and autoimmune thyroid
disease (AITD) is one of the most common representatives. Thyroid autoantibodies are not …

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibody (TSH-R-Ab or TRAb) testing plays a
pivotal role in arriving at the aetiological diagnosis in patients with thyrotoxicosis. A positive …

Background: It has been proposed that only anti-thyroid-peroxidase (TPOAb) and not anti-
thyroglobulin (TgAb) antibodies should be assayed in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid …

Background: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), a common organ specific autoimmune
disorder is seen mostly in women between 30–50 yrs of age. Thyroid autoimmunity can …

The presence of autoantibodies (aAbs) to thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroperoxidase (TPO) in
most of the patients with autoimmune thyroid disease is now well documented. Studies of …

The study of autoimmune thyroid disorders (AITD) has greatly contributed to our knowledge
of autoimmunity. Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis represent two ends of the …

Thyroid disorders are the most common autoimmune endocrinopathies. Thyroid
autoimmunity is complex, involving multiple autoantigens with variable immune responses …

This review describes the aetiology of the major thyroid antigens. Iodination of thyroglobulin
produces multiple antigen configurations which are functionally active but immunologically …

Commercial assays to measure thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor (TSHR)
autoantibodies (TRAb) have been available for the serological diagnosis of autoimmune …