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antimicrosomal antibodies

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antimicrosomal antibodies
Antithyroid microsomal antibodies Endocrinology Antibodies directed against components of thyroid microsomes, in particular peroxidase; AMAs are the most useful of antithyroid antibodies as they are often present in thyroid disease, and in higher titers than those for antithyroglobulin antibodies, especially in younger Pts; AMAs are present in Hashimoto's thyroiditis-99% positive, Graves' disease-80%, hypothyroidism, atrophic thyroiditis, and are ↑ in the elderly. See Antithyroglobulin antibodies, Antithyroid antibodies.
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Postoperatively, the patient's serum was tested for a number of autoimmune antibodies, including antinuclear antibodies, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies, antimitochondrial antibodies, anti-smooth muscle antibodies, antimicrosomal antibodies, and antithyroglobulin antibodies, all of which were negative.
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High titers of antithyroglobulin and antimicrosomal antibodies and the presence of oxyphilic cells correlate with the histologic characteristics of PCG and Hashimoto thyroiditis.
Plasma cell granuloma of the thyroid and Hashimoto thyroiditis by Pinon-Selles, F. / Southern Medical Journal
3], thyrotropin-secreting hormone (TSH), antithyroglubulin, and antimicrosomal antibodies.
Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumor and Hashimoto's Disease: a ... by Peiris, Alan N. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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