Gastric parietal cell and thyroid autoantibodies in patients with atrophic glossitis
ConclusionApproximately 55.3% of 1064 AG patients have serum GPCA/TGA/TMA positivity. Because part of GPCA-positive AG patients may develop pernicious anemia, autoimmune atrophic gastritis, and gastric carcinoma, and part of TGA/TMA-positive AG patients may have thyroid dysfunction such as hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, these autoantibody-positive AG patients should be referred to medical doctors for further management.
Source: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
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