The Thyroid Disease Manager at www.thyroidmanager.org as an online medical text about thyroid disease. It is supported by a grant from Abbott Laboratories, the makers of Synthroid. It contains a wealth of information, however, examination and explanation of treatments other than with synthetic thyroid hormone appears to be missing.

Antibody Tests indicate whether you have autoimmune thyroid disease and give an indication of the severity of damage that is being done to thyroid tissue.  There are several tests available. This study indicates that only the Antimicrosomal test may be necessary. The superiority of antimicrosomal over antithyroglobulin antibodies for detecting Hashimoto's thyroiditis