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Ergin, A., Hamrahian, A., Kennedy, A., Gupta, M. (2015). Levothyroxine Absorption Test. In: The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Dynamic Endocrine Testing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13048-4_22
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