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What is Diffuse toxic goiter is characterize by- and explain in detail?
Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.Other symptoms may include thickening of the skin on the shins, known as pretibial myxedema, and eye bulging, a condition caused by Graves' ophthalmopathy . Graves disease is a primary thyroid disease Ref - davidson 23e p635-640