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Acta Clinica Belgica
International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
Volume 75, 2020 - Issue 2
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A practical approach towards the evaluation of aberrant thyroid function tests

Barbara VandendriesscheDepartment of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bruno LapauwDepartment of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1584-4965
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Jean Marc KaufmanDepartment of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Tom FiersDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Pages 155-162 | Published online: 26 Feb 2019

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