ea0026p435 | Thyroid (non cancer) | ECE2011
Vryonidou A
, Loi V
, Klonaris N
, Terzi T
, Karagianni O
, Tzioras C
Introduction: GravesÂ’ disease (GD) is a common autoimmune endocrinopathy where autoantibodies that activate TSH receptor (TRAb) cause clinical hyperthyroidism. GravesÂ’ Orbitopathy (GO) is one of the major complications of GD that results from the inflammation of retro-orbital tissues. Although the clinical usefulness of TRAb determination in the diagnosis of GD is well established, recent studies have shown that TRAb levels may also be helpful in assessing the activi...