Abstract:
Objective To investigate and analyze the changes of early thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody(TRAb) and thyroid stimulating antibody(TSAb) after 131I treatment for Graves hyperthyroidism and their correlation.
Methods Eighty-nine patients with Graves hyperthyroidism were randomly selected in this study.The patients were divided into two groups:Group 1(control group):47 patients who did not receive 131I treatment; Group 2(study group):the remaining 42 patients who received 131I treatment before 3 months.Serum FT3, FT4, TSH, TRAb, TSAb, and TSBAb values were measured for all patients in two groups.FT3, FT4, and TSH valued were determined by chemiluminescence method.TRAb values were determined by radiation receptor analysis.TSAb and TSBAb values were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results The positive rates of TRAb values in study group and control group were 78.6% and 36.2% respectively.The positive rates of TSAb and TSBAb values in study group and control group were 38.1%(16/42), 0(0/42) and 53.2%(25/47), 6.4%(3/47), respectively; the number of patients with positive TSAb and TRAb simultaneously in the study and control groups were 13(16 cases with positive TSAb and 33 cases with positive TRAb) and 15 cases(25 cases with positive TSAb and 17 cases with positive TRAb), respectively; the number of patients with positive TSBAb in the study and control groups were 0 and 3 cases, respectively.Two of three patients with positive TSBAb were positive TSAb and TRAb, simultaneously, 1 of 3 patients with positive TSBAb were positive TSAb and negative TRAb.
Conclusions The serum TRAb value in the majority of patients with Graves hyperthyroidism increased in 3 months after 131I treatment.The TSAb value in the part of patients with increased TRAb(39.4%, 13/33) were abnormally high, showing that increased serum TRAb in 3 months after 131I treatment could not perform the same function as TSAb.