Correlation and presentation of thyroid functional status with thyroid autoantibodies in long-term follow-up of autoimmune thyroiditis: A study of 116 cases

The most common diagnostic finding of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the presence of antithyroid antibodies. While autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) is a common AITD, aspiration cytology is one of the important diagnostic tools of AT. Methods: We evaluated 116 AT patients with ultrasound-guided aspi...

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Main Authors: Kuei-Mei Chou, Bie-Yui Huang, Chih-Huang Chen, Jen-Der Lin, Sherry Yueh-Hsia Chiu, Chin-Chan Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664613003707