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A prospective evaluation of antithyroid antibody prevalence in 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis
J H Magnus1, T Birketvedt, H J Haga
1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
The prevalence of thyroid antibodies in 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Northern Norway was studied. The serological data were compared with those from a major population survey in the same area. Compared to the prevalence in the normal population, the present study demonstrates that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a higher prevalence of antibodies to both thyroid microsomal antigen and thyroglobulin.