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Type II Hypersensitivity Example: Hashimoto's Disease

  • "This image was made by the use of a goat antisera, tagged with fluorescein, made against human IgG to detect human autoantibodies bound to the thyroid tissue. In this case, anti-thyroglobulin antibody is detected. The thyroid follicle colloid is stained positively."

  • 1999 KUMC Pathology and the University of Kansas, used with permission; courtesy of Dr. James Fishback, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center.

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