Detection of Antipituitary Antibodies in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of antipituitary antibodies (APA) in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease as determined by Western blot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results by Western blot analysis showed positivity for APA in serum of 22...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Endocrine Journal 2001, Vol.48(2), pp.185-191
Main Authors: NISHINO, MICHIO, YABE, SHIGEKI, MURAKAMI, MASAMI, KANDA, TSUGIYASU, KOBAYASHI, ISAO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anti-human GH antibodies
Antithyroid Agents - therapeutic use
Autoantibodies - blood
Autoantigens - immunology
Blotting, Western
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Graves Disease - drug therapy
Graves Disease - immunology
Graves' disease
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Human Growth Hormone - immunology
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
Male
Middle Aged
Pituitary Gland - immunology
Receptors, Thyrotropin - blood
Thyroid Gland - immunology
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - immunology
Thyroxine - blood
Triiodothyronine - blood
Western blot analysis
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of antipituitary antibodies (APA) in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease as determined by Western blot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results by Western blot analysis showed positivity for APA in serum of 22.4% of patients with Graves' disease (n=143, p
ISSN:0918-8959
1348-4540
DOI:10.1507/endocrj.48.185