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Epitope heterogeneity of thyroid-stimulating antibodies predicts long-term outcome in Graves' patients treated with antithyroid drugs.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2003
Kim Tae Yong, Park Young Joo, Park Do Joon, Chung Hyun-Kyung, Kim Won Bae, Kohn Leonard D, Cho Bo Youn
Abstract excerpt
Differences in the epitopes of thyroid-stimulating antibodies (TSAbs) from patients with untreated Graves' disease were compared with long-term response to antithyroid drugs. Epitopes were measured using Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with wild-type human TSH receptor (TSHR) and two receptor chimeras, wherein TSHR residues 9-165 or 90-165 had been substituted with comparable residues of the LH/chorionic...
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