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Thyroid late effects after treatment of childhood sarcoma

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 3, pages 804–805 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textPaulides M et al. (2007) Thyroid function in paediatric and young adult patients after sarcoma therapy: a report from the Late Effects Surveillance System. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 66: 727–731

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