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Thiouracil; clinical evaluation following two and one-half years' experience

D L SEXTON

    Southern Medical Journal
    |October 29, 2010
    PubMed
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    No abstract available in PubMed .

    Keywords:
    THIOURACIL/therapyTHYROID/hyperthyroidism

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