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To find the etiology, measurement of anti-thyroid antibodies (anti-TPO and anti-Tg), ultrasound, and [[Fine needle aspiration biopsy|FNAB]] are used.
To find the etiology, measurement of anti-thyroid antibodies (anti-TPO and anti-Tg), ultrasound, and [[Fine needle aspiration biopsy|FNAB]] are used.
Anti-TPO and elevated in autoimmune thyroiditis. Anti-thyroglobulin may also be used in autoimmune thyroiditis, but is less sensitive and specific than anti-TPO, so anti-TPO is used instead.


== Treatment ==
== Treatment ==