A Rare Phenomenon of Hashimotos Thyroiditis Converting to Graves Disease
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis following Graves' disease.
Both Graves' disease and chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) are autoimmune diseases of thyroid gland. Graves' disease is caused by stimulation of TSH receptor located on the thyroid gland by an antibody, which is known as TSH receptor antibody (TRAb). Furthermore, this may lead to hyperplasia and hyperfunction of the thyroid gland. On the contrary, the cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Endocrine Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2472-1972
DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1873