A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF ANTITHYROID ANTIBODY PREVALENCE IN 100 PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
MAGNUS JH BIRKETVEDT T HAGA HJ
Citation
Jh. Magnus et al., A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF ANTITHYROID ANTIBODY PREVALENCE IN 100 PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 24(3), 1995, pp. 180-182
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009742
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9742(1995)24:3<180:APEOAA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The prevalence of thyroid antibodies in 100 patients with rheumatoid a rthritis in Northern Norway was studied. The serological data were com pared with those from a major population survey in the same area. Comp ared to the prevalence in the normal population, the present study dem onstrates that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a higher preval ence of antibodies to both thyroid microsomal antigen and thyroglobuli n.