Comparison between thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin and TSH-receptor antibodies in the diagnosis and management of Graves’ disease

Peiwei Yao, Yunliang Xie, Yunlin Wang, Chunyan Liang, Bingwen Huang · 2024

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Peiwei Yao and co-authors compare two antibody tests in Graves' disease in a 2024 study. The illness overdrives the thyroid through antibodies aimed at its control switch. Older tests show the antibodies exist but not what they do.

A newer test reads whether the antibodies switch the gland on. One hundred forty newly found patients gave blood at the start and three times during drug care. Both test values ran far above healthy levels and moved together. Both fell with care over time. Patients were tracked for at least five years for cure or return of illness. The study weighs which test better guides long care.

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CREATORPeiwei Yao, Yunliang Xie, Yunlin Wang, Chunyan Liang, Bingwen Huang
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE22 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11634614

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