Exploring Systemic Autoimmunity in Thyroid Disease Subjects.
Thushani SiriwardhaneKarthik KrishnaVinodh RanganathanVasanth JayaramanTianhao WangKang BeiJohn J RajasekaranHari Krishnan KrishnamurthyPublished in: Journal of immunology research (2018)
A high prevalence of anti-ENA and ANA was found to be coexisting with autoimmune thyroid disease subjects, with anti-TPO occurring prior to the onset of ANA and anti-ENA. Therefore, frequent follow-ups and evaluation of ANA and anti-ENA in subjects with anti-TPO positivity would be beneficial in early detection of other systemic autoimmune diseases.
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