In Graves’ disease, your immune system creates antibodies known as thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins. These antibodies then attach to healthy thyroid cells. They can cause your thyroid to ...

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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that can cause overactivity of the thyroid, a small gland in the front of your neck. The immune system produces antibodies that cause the thyroid to ...

From these data it appears that Graves' disease is the most common cause of IFN -associated hyperthyroidism. However, because destructive thyroiditis is present in about one-third of the ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system produces antibodies that cause the thyroid to produce too much thyroid hormone, according to the NHS website. Ms Ridley had ...