TPO antibodies (TPOAb) appear involved in the tissue destructive processes associated with the hypothyroidism observed in Hashimoto's and atrophic thyroiditis. The appearance of TPOAb usually ...

TPOAb and/or TgAb are frequently present in the sera of patients with AITD. [251] However, occasionally patients with AITD have negative thyroid autoantibody test results. TRAb are present in most ...