PMID: 9446972Feb 3, 1998Paper

Lymphocytic thyroiditis in beagle dogs in a breeding colony: findings of serum autoantibodies

Veterinární medicína
L Vajner

Abstract

Three serum autoantibodies against antigens of the thyroid gland were detected by the indirect immunofluorescence in a Beagle dog breeding colony. The anti-thyroglobulin autoantibody was present in 10.0%, the anti-microsomal antigen autoantibody was present in 24.6%, and the anti-nuclear substance autoantibody in 10.8% of examined sera, respectively. Only the presence of anti-thyroglobulin autoantibodies could be correlated with histologic findings of the lymphocytic thyroiditis in the same colony.

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