| Literature DB >> 13747148 |
R O SCHADE, S G OWEN, G A SMART, R HALL.
Abstract
The relationship between thyroid auto-immunity and the presence of lymphocytes in the thyroid gland has been analysed in patients with Graves' disease, toxic adenoma, and non-toxic nodular goitre. In all these conditions circulating antibody to thyroglobulin was significantly associated with lymphocytic infiltration. No similar correlation was established in the case of the complement-fixing antibody.Complement-fixing antibody was significantly commoner in Graves' disease (diffuse thyrotoxic goitre) than in toxic adenoma and non-toxic nodular goitre. Circulating thyroglobulin antibody probably originates from lymphoid tissue within and around the thyroid gland itself. Overactivity of pituitary thyrotropin may favour immunization to the intracellular (complementfixing) antigen.Entities:
Keywords: HYPERTHYROIDISM
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Year: 1960 PMID: 13747148 PMCID: PMC480129 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.13.6.499
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411