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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells
Published on: January 29, 2014
[Autoantibodies to the thyroid gland in hemoblastoses and cytopenias]
Aim:
To study the level of thyroid antibodies (TAB) in blood diseases.
Material And Methods:
TAB levels dynamics was studied in 413 patients with hematological diseases.
Results:
Increased incidence of cases with high Ab titer to thyroid microsomal antigen was found. High and moderate titers were revealed in 33% of all examinees, including 41%, 22%, 32% and 29% among patients with immune cytopenia, chronic lymphoid leukemia, generalized mature-cell lymphoma and myeloproliferative diseases, respectively. These high and moderate titers were rather stable. In 15% patients Ab were elevated insignificantly, this rise being unstable.
Conclusion:
Stable high titers of antibodies to thyroid antigens point to increased incidence rates of concomitant autoimmune hyroiditis in patients with blood diseases.
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