Elephantiasic Graves' Dermopathy in a Patient with Negative Thyroid-Receptor Auto-Antibodies
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Elephantiasic Graves' Dermopathy in a Patient with Negative Thyroid-Receptor Auto-Antibodies
Vol. 30, No. 1, 2018 125 Received December 14, 2016, Revised March 6, 2017, Accepted for publication March 10, 2017 Corresponding author: Agnethe Berglund, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. Tel: 45-78-45-00-00, Fax: 45-78-46-20-10, E-mail: agnetheberglund@ dadlnet.dk This is an Open Access article distributed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Dermatology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1013-9087,2005-3894
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2018.30.1.125