Question 251 · LEK · Hyperthyroidism
The most frequent cause of hyperthyroidism is:
- A. Graves’ disease.
- B. single thyroid adenoma.
- C. multiple thyroid adenomas.
- D. exogenous thyroid hormone overdose.
- E. differentiated thyroid cancer.
Hint
Think of the autoimmune disease in which antibodies stimulate the TSH receptor.
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