Hypothyroidism and Myxedema Coma

Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, Sixth Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1607-1622

  Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5583-9.00085-X     Document Type: Chapter

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