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Pregnancy

Postpartum thyroiditis and hypothalamo-hypophysial insufficiency in the same woman with successive pregnancies: a case report

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Pages 105-108 | Received 13 Apr 2009, Accepted 20 Jul 2009, Published online: 15 Jan 2010

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