WASHINGTON —Thyrotropin receptor antibody levels in pregnant women were shown to be a reliable predictor of thyroid dysfunction in fetuses and newborns, according to findings presented at the 88th ...

Despite being the most common autoimmune disorder in the United States, knowledge surrounding thyroid disorders has not received the attention it deserves. This is unfortunate because of the diseases ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mothers who give birth to babies with neonatal hypothyroidism tend to have higher levels of free thyroxine and ...

To investigate if TSH-receptor antibody (TRAb) levels measured in early Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) stages are predictive of clinical disease course beyond 1 year after initial GO diagnosis and to ...

Baseline FT3 and TRAb levels were key prognostic markers for achieving remission in pediatric patients with Graves orbitopathy (GO).

Receptor or TSH binding inhibition tests (TBII) that do not measure stimulatory activity directly but detect factors in the serum specimen that block the binding of a labeled TSH preparation to an ...

Fibromyalgia Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) have high prevalence of anti-thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibody (TRAb), according to a study published in the International ...

Diana et al. 1 evaluated the clinical relevance of stimulating anti-TSH-receptor (anti-TSH-R) antibodies, as measured in a novel chimeric cell-based reporter bioassay for thyroid-stimulating ...

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck just above the trachea. It weighs approximately 15 to 20 grams in the adult human. The thyroid produces and releases into the ...

Graves’ disease is caused due to an overactive thyroid gland commonly due to an autoimmune condition. The thyroid gland here is the target tissue that is attacked by the body’s own defence cells – the ...

The exact cause of Grave’s Disease seems to be unclear. Graves’ disease is speculated to be an autoimmune condition that leads to overactivity of the thyroid gland or hyperthyroidism. (1-6) The ...

Discontinuing antithyroid drugs during early pregnancy is linked to a possible rebound of hyperthyroidism and a high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, new research shows. "Our study provides ...