What Are Antithyroid Antibodies?
Including thyroglobulin antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), thyroid microsomal antibodies, TSH receptor antibodies, etc., antibodies are organ specific and species specific (cross-reactive with primates) The disease is typical but not disease specific.
- Name
- Antithyroid antibody
- category
- Immunology
- Including thyroglobulin antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), thyroid microsomal antibodies, TSH receptor antibodies, etc., antibodies are organ specific and species specific (cross-reactive with primates) The disease is typical but not disease specific.
Anti-thyroid antibody normal value
- Normal value: negative.
Clinical significance of antithyroid antibodies
- Positive: Lymphocytic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease), primary hypothyroidism, exophthalmic goiter, malignant anemia, Addison's disease, myasthenia gravis, liver disease, various connective tissue vascular diseases, etc. .
Anti-thyroid antibody precautions
- (1) The low titer of only one antibody is of little practical significance, as it can also be detected in many other diseases and healthy people, especially older women.
- (2) Diffuse goiter without high antibody titer may be malignant tumor.
Antithyroid antibody related diseases
- Goiter with normal thyroid function, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in children, antibodies, thyroid-related eye disease, endemic cretinism, etc.
Antithyroid antibody related symptoms
- Goiter and so on.
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