An Estimated 1% of the Population Has Hyperthyroidism

question 29

Multiple Choice

An estimated 1% of the population has hyperthyroidism. Graves disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States. Graves disease is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system makes an antibody that mimics TSH.
-The antibody produced in Graves disease would

• A) inhibit the thyroid from releasing thyroid hormone.
• B) stimulate the thyroid to release thyroid hormone.
• C) bind to the thyroid hormone in the blood.
• D) destroy thyroid cells.
• E) enter the thyroid cell and move to the nucleus.

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