Effects of thyroid status on thyroid autoimmunity expression in euthyroid and hypothyroid patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Abstract

This study demonstrates that thyroid status can modulate thyroid autoimmunity expression, such as TSH-RAb and TPOAb, in patients with euthyroid or hypothyroid goitrous Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Similar results have been reported in patients with Graves' disease made euthyroid by the administration of thyroid hormone during antithyroid drug treatment.