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Circulating Autoantibodies to Thyroid Hormones: A Diagnostic Pitfall
Author(s) -
PRYDS O.,
HADBERG A.,
KASTRUP K. W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb10548.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hormone , autoantibody , thyroiditis , thyroid , triiodothyronine , confusion , endocrinology , anti thyroid autoantibodies , thyroid hormones , immunology , antibody , psychology , psychoanalysis
. Circulating autoantibodies to thyroid hormones are occasionally detected and may cause confusion, because symptoms and signs are inconsistent with the measured thyroid hormone values. We present a 5 1/2 year old girl with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and false high concentrations of free thyroxine and total triiodothyronine.