Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins as measured in a reporter bioassay are not detected in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and ophthalmopathy or isolated upper eyelid retraction

Jack R Wall,1 Hooshang Lahooti,1 Ilhem El Kochairi,1 Simon D Lytton,2 Bernard Champion1 1Department of Medicine, the University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia; 2SeraDiaLogistics, Munich, Germany Abstract: Although ophthalmopathy is mainly associated with Graves’ hyperthyroidism, mil...

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Main Authors: Wall JR, Lahooti H, El Kochairi I, Lytton SD, Champion B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2014-10-01
Series:Clinical Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/thyroid-stimulating-immunoglobulins-as-measured-in-a-reporter-bioassay-peer-reviewed-article-OPTH