Congenital Goiter Found in a District of Omuro, Kochi, Shikoku, Japan
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinologia Japonica
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0013-7219,2185-6370
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.17.289