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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Consequences of inadvertent radioiodine treatment of Graves’ disease and thyroid cancer in undiagnosed pregnancy. Can we rely on routine pregnancy testing?

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Pages 145-149 | Received 29 Mar 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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