title: Antithyroid autoantibodies in the examined population with iodine prophylaxis after the Chernobyl catastrophe.
abstract: The aim of the present study was the observation of the frequency of antithyroid autoantibodies in the population in low endemic goitre area after mass iodine prophylaxis after the Chernobyl catastrophe and the estimation of TSH and thyroid hormones secretion in this population. On the basis of the investigations carried out we could conclude that the frequency of antithyroid autoantibodies in the population with confirmed endemic goitre is comparable to the frequency of antithyroid autoantibodies in the healthy population. ATA occurrence in children after iodine prophylaxis could confirm the hypothesis that thyroglobulin immunity is higher after iodine intake. The lower T3 concentration observed in the group with antithyroid autoantibodies suggests that autoantibodies may be involved in the thyroid hormones synthesis or peripheral conversion of thyroid hormones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Medical School, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kinalska
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zarzycki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krawezuk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gosiewska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Górska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zonenberg
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007455:Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D007455:Iodine; D013974:Thyroxine