A 35-year-old female with Graves disease is admitted to a medical-surgical unit.While the nurse is reviewing the lab tests,which results would the nurse expect to find?

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Graves disease results from a form of Type II hypersensitivity in which there is stimulation of the thyroid by autoantibodies directed against the TSH receptor.
The thyroid-stimulating antibodies stimulate TSH receptors; it is not an ectopic secretion.
Graves disease is manifested by elevated levels of thyroid hormones.
Iodine deficiency leads to goiter,but not Graves disease.

A 35-Year-Old Female with Graves Disease Is Admitted to a Medical-Surgical