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Hypothyroidism (cont.)

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Author: Stephanie L Lee, MD, PhD, FACE, Director of Thyroid Disease Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine

Coauthor(s): Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD, Fellow in Endocrinology, Boston Medical Center

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

REFERENCE: MedscapeReference.com. Hypothyroidism.


Last Editorial Review: 11/28/2011

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