| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for detecting a thyroid disease by measuring autotaxin concentration. Autotaxin in a human specimen (for example, (i) autotaxin isoforms α, β, γ, δ and ε, (ii) autotaxin isoforms α, β and γ, or (iii) autotaxin isoforms) A method for detecting a thyroid disease (preferably hyperthyroidism, more preferably Graves' disease), characterized by measuring form δ and ε). [Selection] Figure 1 |