a variety of immunological , endocrinological , and virological abnormalities have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis ( sat ) of obese strain ( os ) chickens , e.g. , a general t cell hyperreactivity , an increased uptake of iodine into the thyroid gland , a diminution of the glucocorticoid tonus , and an os-specific endogenous virus .
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autoimmune thyroiditis
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thyroid gland