Table 2.
Antibody and steroid exposure versus dose | <1 μg/kg (n/10) | 1–1.6 μg/kg (n/17) | >1.6 μg/kg (n/9) |
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Ab+/steroid+, (n) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ab+/steroid−, (n) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Ab−/steroid+, (n) | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Ab−/steroid−, (n) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Any steroid exposure either intravenous or oral physiological or supraphysiological, anytime during the course of thyroiditis was documented as positive. Antibodies (Ab) detected were antithyroid peroxidase antibodies and/or antithyroglobulin antibodies.