Open AccessThyrotropin Receptor Antibody Immunoassays May Not Be Reliable in Confirming Diagnosis of Painless Thyroiditis
Author(s) -
Debmalya Sanyal,
Sudip Chatterjee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta endocrinologica (bucharest)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1843-066X
pISSN - 1841-0987
DOI - 10.4183/aeb.2020.530
Subject(s) - trab , medicine , thyroiditis , subacute thyroiditis , graves' disease , scintigraphy , antibody , thyroid , pertechnetate , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , endocrinology , immunology
Scintigraphy using 99mTc-pertechnetate (TS) is the diagnostic test to differentiate thyroiditis following Graves' disease (GD) from painless thyroiditis (PT). However, TS may be contraindicated or unavailable.
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