The natural history of interferon-α induced thyroiditis in chronic hepatitis c patients: A long term study

Thyroid Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tran, Huy A ^a   Jones, Tracey L ^a   Ianna, Elizabeth A ^a   Reeves, Glenn Em ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 78751673044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-4-2     Document Type: Article

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