Randomized trial of intravenous immunoglobulins versus prednisolone in Graves' ophthalmopathy
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0009-9104,1365-2249
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-854.x