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The clinical importance of the sympathetic nervous system in Graves’ disease

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McDevitt, D.G. The clinical importance of the sympathetic nervous system in Graves’ disease. Ir J Med Sci 146, 353–364 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03030990

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