A Case of Thyroid Amyloidosis Misrecognized as Subacute Thyroiditis
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2093-596X
DOI: 10.3803/enm.2010.25.4.360