A disease characterized by hypoactivity of the thyroid with weight gain and a sluggish metabolism as a result of destruction of thyroglobulin best describes:

A.) Graves disease.
B.) myasthenia gravis.
C.) Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
D.) rheumatoid arthritis.


Ans: C.) Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

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