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Research Review

Vol 17 No 1 (2018): The first issue- of volume 17

Correlation between thyroid hormones and anti-TSHR Ab in graves' disease

  • Sara M. M. Fawzi 1 , Ismail A. Abdul-hassan1 , Batool M. Mahdi2
Submitted
November 12, 2018
Published
November 12, 2018

Abstract

Current study we aimed to study the correlation of anti TSH receptor autoantibody with the thyroid hormones in the Graves ' disease patients . This cross –sectional study includes 60 appearantly healthy control and 60 patients who were early diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis diagnosed as Graves ' disease by the physicians. Those patients were attended Hormonal Unite at Specialized Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes in Baghdad / Rusafa – Iraq for the period between May- 2016 to January - 2017. Hormonal estimation including T3, T4 and TSH and immunological study  including anti-TSHR antibody. According to the results, parameters (T4, TSH, anti TSHR) showed no significant difference between male and female (P value were 42.8, 0.26 and 4.17 respectively), thus , sex  had no effect on development of disease, no significant differences between (T3 ,T4,TSH) regarding to smoking (p value = 2.066 ,45.78, 0.235 respectively) , but there is significant difference in Anti TSHR between smokers and non-smokers. there is   differences between levels of (T3,T4,TSH and Anti TSHR Ab ) regarding to age groups , in patients age  less than 40 years , there is a highly significant  difference with T3 ,T4 and Anti TSHR Ab. There is correlation between Anti-TSHR with T3 and T4 showed highly Significant positive (r= +0.96, +0.75 respectively) , in contrast there is a highly significant negative between Anti-TSHR Ab and TSH (r= -0.66)  . Measurement of Anti TSHR Ab in patients with thyrotoxicosis in a blood can help to establish the diagnosis and sometimes to predict the clinical course and response to treatment.