Chronic (Hashimoto's) Thyroiditis

Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, Sixth Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1583-1594

  Lazarus, John H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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