Antithyroid Peroxidase Antibodies in Multinodular Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Indicate a Variant Etiology.

Conclusion: Patients presenting as multinodular Hashimoto's thyroiditis have low prevalence of elevated anti-TPO-Ab than diffuse HT which suggests that multinodular form of Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a unique clinical entity with etiopathogenesis that is at variance with the diffuse form. PMID: 31428301 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thyroid Research - Category: Endocrinology Tags: J Thyroid Res Source Type: research