Assertion: goiter's thyroid gland | /r/CapableOf | produce excess thyroid hormone
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text: In Graves’ disease, antibodies produced by the immune system stimulate the thyroid gland which then enlarges, resulting in an enlarged goiter , and produces excess thyroid hormone.
text: If the thyroid gland is producing an excess of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4), radioactive iodine is given to the patient to shrink the gland.
text: These TSI antibodies cause the thyroid gland to produce excess thyroid hormones.
text: In this disease the antibodies that are produced by body’s immune system causes thyroid gland to produce excess of thyroid hormone.
text: In Graves’ disease, antibodies produced by the immune system stimulate the thyroid gland which then enlarges, resulting in an enlarged goiter, and produces excess thyroid hormone.
text: The condition where the thyroid gland produces excess thyroid hormone is referred to as hyperthyroidism while a situation where the gland produces low levels of thyroid is referred to as hypothyroidism.
text: If the thyroid gland is producing an excess of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4), radioactive iodine is given to the patient to shrink the gland.