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Thyroid autoimmunity and breast cancer—cause or effect?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 2, pages 660–661 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textGiustarini E et al. (2006) Thyroid autoimmunity in patients with malignant and benign breast diseases before surgery. Eur J Endocrinol 154: 645–649

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