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Original Articles: Clinical

Association of thyroid disease and thyroid autoimmunity with multiple myeloma risk: A case–control study

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Pages 1545-1552 | Received 23 Feb 2008, Accepted 27 Apr 2008, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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