Thyroglobulin
A protein found in the thyroid gland and circulating in the bloodstream that binds to thyroid hormone to allow the hormone to travel throughout the body to its target sites without getting damaged or acting at the wrong site.
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A 52-year old male asked:
A high thyroglobulin count means what?
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What does your thyroglobulin level mean?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is a thyroglobulin ab level test used for?
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A female asked:
What is anti-thyroglobulin?
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A 34-year old male asked:
35 f fertility dr tested thyroglobulin. It was 78.5, normal range 0-55. Ab normal. What could this mean?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Had tt for benign nodules. My thyroglobulin abs is 29 and my thyroglobulin is unsatisfactory because abs present. Why is this if path was benign?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Low thyroglobulin antibody <0.9 what does this mean?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What is a normal thyroglobulin level? Mine says 15 H then the antibody <1.8
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A 43-year old asked:
My thyroglobulin was 2358 and my peroxidase was 557, what does this might mean?
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A 52-year old male asked:
If your anti thyroglobulin antibody says <20, what does that mean?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Thyroglobulin antibody is <1.0 what does that mean when ref range 0-0.9?
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A 52-year old male asked:
Is antithyroglobulin antibody test the same as thyroglobulin antibody test?
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A 35-year old female asked:
What does a thyroglobulin look for specifically? Reoccurrence of thyroid ca?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have a very high thyroglobulin antibody of 3000iu/ml, how can it be lowered?
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A female asked:
What does RF 31, thyroglobulin AB of 119, and positive EBV IGG, VCA and EBV nuclear AG AB mean?
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A 37-year old female asked:
My thyroglobulin levels are 999 I'm on medication, does that mean presence of cancer? I have nodules but when checked 2012 they shrunk.
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A 62-year old female asked:
My antibody thyroglobulin test results sent to me via email is confusing. My range is; <1.8 iu/ml Standard range is <4 0 No other info given ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Why do I have a high thyroglobulin antibodies?
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A 41-year old female asked:
If my thyroglobulin is 78. U/ml how sure can u be that I have hoshimoto thyroid disease? I
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A 29-year old male asked:
Thyroglobulin antibodies is at 2. What does that mean?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Can a high thyroid perox AB TPO level give a thyroglobulin reading a false result?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What does an ANA 1:320 " homogeneous cytoplasm" positive mean? along with anti thyroglobulin 399
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A 53-year old female asked:
If my thyroglobulin test cows back undetected is it a good chance y lymph node biopsy wi be benign?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Thyroglobulin testing for cancer what is the standard for months in between testing for papillary carcinoma?
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A 45-year old female asked:
What does Thyroglobulin value of 4.70 mean? Where the standard range for Kaiser is 1.99? Is this 4.70 concerning. TSH is with in range?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Tg=(thyroglobulin) had tg panel 16.0 results, a tg antibody <0.9, a tg by lc-ms/ms, s/p (n/a) ! result not dispersed in flowsheet. What does this mean?
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A 51-year old male asked:
What does thyroglobulin antibodies of 3 IU/ml means?
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A female asked:
Thyroglobulin is 234 and other thyroid tests are normal but i have a goiter?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Why would a hylanizing traebuler adenoma make thyroglobulin antibodies if its benign?
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A 36-year old female asked:
If thyroglobulin antibodies tested at quest <1 range is < or = 1 IU/ml what does it mean?
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