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Original Article

Significance of Anti-Eye Muscle Antibody in Patients with Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy by Quantitative Western Blot

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Pages 9-16 | Received 12 Feb 1992, Accepted 20 Jul 1992, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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