“Hashimoto’s is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States 1-4” From Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology regarding hypothyroid patients, “The thyroid glands of most of these patients first have autoimmune “thyroiditis,” which means thyroid inflammation. This causes progressive deterioration and finally fibrosis of the gland, with resultant diminished or absent secretion of
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