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Is thyrotropin receptor antibody a good biomarker to predict development of thyroid eye disease?

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Is thyrotropin receptor antibody a good biomarker to predict development of thyroid eye disease?

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Endocrinology · Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Endocrinology
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Patients with thyroid eye disease usually have positive TRAb or TSI but in patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism it does not help predict the development of eye disease which is much less common than hyperthyroidism.

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