Anticuerpos anti-receptor de TSH como índice de recidiva en la enfermedad de Graves tratada con drogas antitiroideas. / [TSH receptor antibodies as a recurrence index of Graves disease treated with antithyroid drugs]

ABSTRACT

TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) measured by the TBI residual assay (TBIr) were studied in 3 groups of Graves disease patients, as follows 54 non treated cases (Group 1), 20 cases under methimazol treatment (Group 2) and 23 patients who were euthyroid after one year of methimazol treatment (Group 3), in order to evaluate the usefulness of TBIr as a recurrence index in Graves disease following antithyroid drug treatment. In group 1, TBIr was positive in 77.7