FT4 and TSH, relation to diagnoses in an unselected psychiatric acute-ward population, and change during acute psychiatric admission
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[Involuntary admissions to an acute psychiatric ward].
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1819-3