long-acting thyroid stimulator

stimulator /stim·u·la·tor/ (stim´u-la″tor)

1. any agent that excites functional activity.

2. in electrodiagnosis, an instrument that applies pulses of current to stimulate a nerve, muscle, or area of the central nervous system.

long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) thyroid-stimulating antibody associated with Graves disease; it is an autoantibody reactive against thyroid cell receptors for thyroid stimulating hormone and thus mimics the effects of the hormone.

n. Abbr. LATS

A substance that is present in the blood of hyperthyroid patients and that exerts a prolonged stimulatory effect on the thyroid gland.

long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS),

an immunoglobulin, probably an autoantibody, that exerts a prolonged stimulatory effect on the thyroid gland, causing rapid growth of the gland and excess thyroid function, resulting in hyperthyroidism. It is found circulating in the blood of 50% of people with Graves' disease.

long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS)

a substance occurring in the blood in hyperthyroidism, having a stimulating effect on the thyroid of longer duration than that of thyrotropin. It is associated with immunoglobulin IgG and may function as an autoantibody.

long-acting thyroid stimulator

an autoantibody directed against thyroid-stimulating hormone receptors in the thyroid; abbreviated LATS. Its occurrence is associated with hyperthyroidism in humans.

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Thyroid Function Tests

Kriss JP, Pleshakov V, Chien JR: Isolation and identification of the long-acting thyroid stimulator and its relation to hyperthyroidism and circumscribed pretibial myxedema.

Management of thyrotoxicosis. (Featured CME Topic: Thyroid ... by Fisher, Joseph N. / Southern Medical Journal

long extensor muscle of big toe

long extensor muscle of thumb

long extensor muscle of toes

long face syndrome

long feedback loop

long flexor muscle of big toe

long flexor muscle of thumb

long flexor muscle of toes

long gyrus of insula

long leg syndrome

long muscle of head