Hashimoto's disease (chronic thyroiditis)

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Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease)

Alternate Names : Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Autoimmune thyroiditis

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Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) is a slowly developing persistent inflammation of the thyroid which frequently leads to hypothyroidism, a decreased function of the thyroid gland. Middle-aged women are most commonly affected.

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Review Date : 5/3/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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