We know that the thryoxine controls metabolism in body. An autoimmune disease where the body's own antibodies attack the cells of the thyroid is called as

Hyperthyroidism

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Hashimoto's disease

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Grave's disease

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Turner syndrome

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Solution

The correct option is B Hashimoto's disease
Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is attacked by a variety of cell and antibody-mediated immune processes, causing primary hypothyroidism. It was the first disease to be recognized as an autoimmune disease.

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Which statement is not true about thyroxin?

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(ii) Body attacks self cells
(iii) More antibodies are produced in the body
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(ii) Body attacks self cells
(iii) More antibodies are produced in the body
(iv) The ability to differentiate pathogens or foreign molecules from self cells is lost

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