Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Graves’ hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune disease sustained by autoantibodies binding to and activating the TSH receptor located on the thyroid follicular cell. The objective of study was to determine the presence of anti-receptor TSH antibodies for the diagnosis of Grave’s diseases and the following up after surgery, iodine and treatment with antithyroid drug.Results: In years 2006–2010 in our clinic in 265 patients for thyro...

Introduction: Graves’ hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune disease sustained by auto antibodies binding to and activating the TSH receptor located on the thyroid follicular cell. The diagnosis of Graves’ hyperthyroidism is based upon clinical symptoms, signs and laboratory tests confirming the presence of thyrotoxicosis, positive thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and less commonly thyroglobulin (Tg) antibodies, and finally, positive serum TSH receptor antibodies (TRab). Recently ...