Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating |
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| Immunoglobulin, Thyroid-Stimulating; Thyroid Stimulating Antibody; Thyroid-Stimulating Immunoglobulin; Antibody, Thyroid Stimulating; Immunoglobulin, Thyroid Stimulating; Stimulating Antibody, Thyroid; Thyroid Stimulating Antibodies | |
| Autoantibodies that bind to the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor (RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN) on thyroid epithelial cells. The autoantibodies mimic TSH causing an unregulated production of thyroid hormones characteristic of GRAVES DISEASE. | |