Can a blood test predict how bad your eye swelling will get?

Original Title

Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins as a reliable predictive blood test for thyroid eye disease

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Summary

This study looked at a special blood test called TSI in people with thyroid eye disease to see if it could tell how bad their eye problems would be.

Proposed Mechanism
TSI binding to TSHR and IGF-1R triggers orbital inflammation
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Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.

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Authors

Madgar S, Simon GB, Priel A, Sagiv O, Landau-Prat D, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Agmon-Levin N, Shavit R, Smadar L, Zloto O