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Can Reverse T3 Assay Be Employed to Guide T4 vs. T4/T3 Therapy in Hypothyroidism?
Cristiane Gomes-Lima1, Leonard Wartofsky2, Kenneth Burman3
1MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Frontiers in Endocrinology
|January 11, 2020
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