| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Also called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto???s is an autoimmune disorder in which the body???s disease-fighting immune cells mistakenly detect the body???s thyroid gland as being foreign material and attack healthy thyroid tissue, thus impairing its ability to make enough thyroid hormones for your body to function properly (see related story on page 14).
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