Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To compare the roles of inferior thyroid artery (ITA) peak systolic and end-diastolic velocities (PSV and EDV) measured by color flow Doppler ultrasonography (CFDUSG), TSH receptor antibody (TRAb) measured by M22 based ELISA and Tc-99m pertechnetate uptake for differential diagnosis between Graves’ disease (GD) and silent thyroiditis (ST).Methods: One hundred and fifty previously untreated subjects with GD (111 female, 39 male, mean age 3...