Periodic Thyroxic Paralysis: Report of Two Patients in Iran

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  • Vahab Fatorehchi Department of Endocrine, Shariaati Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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volume 10  issue 3

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publication date 1986-12

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