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https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-8-37-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-8-37-2021
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01 Jun 2021
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Spontaneous (Hashimoto-like) chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Roland Plesker and Gudrun Hintereder

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To our knowledge, this study is the first report of spontaneous Hashimoto-like chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Despite the microscopic similarities to human cases, autoantibodies (thyroglobulin antibodies, thyriod peroxidase antibodies, and thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibodies) were not identified in this rhesus macaque using a human electrochemiluminescence immunoassay system.