cytotoxic antibodies and cytotoxic t lymphocytes against antigens shared between eye muscle cells and thyroid cells may be directly responsible for the eye muscle cell damage in endocrine ophthalmopathy , and they may explain the close association of ophthalmopathy with graves ' hyperthyroidism and hashimoto 's thyroiditis .
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thyroid
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hashimoto 's thyroiditis