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CASE REPORT

A case with chronic fatigue syndrome with positive antinuclear antibody followed by postpartum thyroiditis

Yasuhiko ItohDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hisamitsu HamadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Tohru IgarashiDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Natsuko KuwabaraDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Taiyo ImaiDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Osamu FujinoDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Yoshitaka FukunagaDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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Pages 406-409 | Received 10 Jan 2004, Accepted 01 Jun 2004, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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