Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone–Receptor Antibody and Thyroid Hormone Concentrations in Smokers vs Nonsmokers With Graves Disease Treated With Carbimazole

JAMA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 301 (2) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (s2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rio Wironegoro ◽  
Ari Baskoro ◽  
Chairul Effendi ◽  
Agung Pranoto

Background: Graves’ disease is known to have a high recurrence rate with recent evidence linked pollen allergy as one of the factors that might induce relapse in Graves’ disease. Therefore, it was argued that IgE might play a role in inducing relapse of Graves’ Disease. This study aims to investigate the correlation between IgE and Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone ReceptorAntibody (TRAb) in Graves’ disease respondents with a history of atopy.


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