Letter to Editor about "hypothyroidism and Ramadan fasting"

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  • Fereidoun Azizi Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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volume 3  issue 1

pages  1- 3

publication date 2015-03-01

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