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Nomenclature of thyroid hormone receptor ß gene mutations in resistance to thyroid hormone First Workshop on Thyroid Hormone Resistance, July 10–11, 1993, Cambridge, U.K.

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Beck-Peccoz, P., Chatterjee, V.K.K., Chin, W.W. et al. Nomenclature of thyroid hormone receptor ß gene mutations in resistance to thyroid hormone First Workshop on Thyroid Hormone Resistance, July 10–11, 1993, Cambridge, U.K.. J Endocrinol Invest 17, 283–287 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03348977

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