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Thyroid Autoantibodies in an Australian Community
Author(s) -
Barbato M. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131681.x
Subject(s) - autoantibody , thyroglobulin , anti thyroid autoantibodies , thyroid , medicine , iodine , endocrinology , antibody , physiology , immunology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Little data are available concerning the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in the Australian community. The present study, performed in a non‐iodine deficient area, reveals a high prevalence of microsomal and thyroglobulin autoantibodies in healthy females. The proportion of females with one or either antibody is almost three times greater than that observed for males, but, in both sexes, the prevalence does increase with age.