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Horm Metab Res 2015; 47(10): 699-701
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1559634
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Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases

J. P. Banga
1   Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, The Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom
2   Department of Ophthalmology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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M. Schott
3   Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Received: 17 July 2015

Accepted: 17 July 2015

Article published online:
11 September 2015

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