Clinical Endocrinology · 1977 · 90 citations · 13 references
MedicineEndocrinologyOphthalmologyAutoimmunityClinical ImmunologyOcular ImmunologyThyroid DisordersThyroid EndocrinologyAssay SpecificityAutoimmune Thyroid Disease TestingGraves' Disease EvaluationThyroid AutoantibodiesThyroid Function EvaluationThyroid Function TestingThyroid Function TestsThyroid Receptor Antibody Testing
Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) have been detected by receptor assay in the sera of 43% of patients with ophthalmic Graves' disease. Comparison of the receptor assay studies with thyroid function tests indicated that in several patients the antibodies detected by receptor assay were biologically inactive. In other patients, thyroid function appeared to be under TSI control with hyperthyroidism prevented by autoimmune destruction of the thyroid.
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THYROID-STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN GRAVES' DISEASE
Brian N. Smith · The Lancet · 1974 · 571 citations
Medicine, Endocrinology, Immunology +10
THYROTROPHIN-RELEASING HORMONE AS A THYROID-FUNCTION TEST
B. J. Ormston, R. J. CRYER, R Garry et al. · The Lancet · 1971 · 279 citations