title: Association Between Autoantibodies Against Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor and Thyroid Diseases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between TRAb and different diseases. The highest percentage of increased TRAb levels can be found at patients with Graves'™ diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study was performed in 70 patients, grouped in three gr oups, and 14 persons who based on the clinical status and the levels of thyroid hormones do not ha ve any thyroid disease. The TRAb levels has been determined in patients with Graves'™ disease (N=40) , Hashimoto'™s disease (N=15), Plummer'™s disease (N=15) and the control group (N=14).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The highest mean TRAb levels exist in patients with Graves'™ disease. There exists a positive correlation between TRAb levels and T3, and T4, while there is no correlat ion between TSH and TRAb levels in patients with Graves'™ disease,. On the other hand, the correlati on between TRAb and T3 and T4 in patients with Hashimoto'™s diseases and Plummers disease was shown to be positive, but of a low levels.
authors: Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.
authors: Hatixhe
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authors: Latifi-Pupovci
keywords: autoantibodies; thyroid disease; thyroid stimulating hormone