Hashimoto's disease (chronic thyroiditis)From our partner site on diet & exercise, MyDietExercise.com. Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) is a slowly developing persistent inflammation of the thyroid which frequently leads to hypothyroidism, a decreased function of the thyroid gland. Middle-aged women are most commonly affected.
Review Date: 4/19/2004 Reviewed By: Nancy J. Rennert, M.D., Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). 
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