Table 2.

Inhibition of binding of anti-TPO autoantibodies in pooled patient sera by rabbit antipeptide antisera, their Fab preparations or their mixtures

Rabbit antiserum or Fab preparations	% Inhibition (SD) (n = 20 serum pool)
Preimmune serum	4·1 (3·8)
P14 serum	41·2 (7·8)
P14 Fab	32·2 (4·2)
P12 serum	11·2 (4·3)
P18 serum	10·0 (3·8)
P14 + P12 serum	63·0 (6·2)
P14 + P18 serum	58·0 (5·4)
P12 + P18 serum	29·0 (6·4)
P14 + P12 + P18 serum	75·3 (8·4)
P14 + P12 + P18 Fab mixture	64·6 (6·5)
P4 + P30 + P32 serum	11·6 (7·4)
P4 + P30 + P32 Fab mixture	8·3 (5·8)
P43 serum	12·0 (7·6)