Alopecia universalis, hypothyroidism and pituitary hyperplasia: Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome III in a patient in remission from treated Hodgkin lymphoma

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Quintyne, K I ^a   Barratt, N ^a   O'Donoghue, L ^a   Wallis, F ^a   Gupta, R K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 84897901304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.10.2009.2335     Document Type: Article

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