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We know that the thryoxine controls metabolism in body. An autoimmune disease where the body's own antibodies attack the cells of the thyroid is called as

AHyperthyroidism
BHashimoto's disease
Correct Answer
CGrave's disease
DTurner syndrome

Solution

Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is attacked by a variety of cell and antibody-mediated immune processes, causing primary hypothyroidism. It was the first disease to be recognized as an autoimmune disease.

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