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Vasoactive intestinal peptide axis is dysfunctional in patients with Graves' disease

M Carrión1, A M Ramos-Leví2, I V Seoane1

  • 1Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle José Antonio Novais, 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain.

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