Table 2.
Disparate results of thyroid testing
| Favoured | ||
| Graves’ disease | Thyroiditis | |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody | ✓ | ✗ |
| Ultrasound | ✗ | ✓ |
| Neutropenia | ✓ | ✗ |
| Examination | ✗ | ✓ |
| Thyroxine/triiodothyronine ratio | ✗ | ✗ |
| Thyroid peroxidase antibody | ✓ | ✓ |
| Improvement without thionamides | ✗ | ✓ |