Thymic Hyperplasia Associated with Graves' Disease: Pathophysiology and Proposed Management Algorithm

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Thyroid

• Publication date

  2017-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1089/thy.2017.0086PMID 28578595
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