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Preliminary report on the use of propranolol in thyrotoxicosis: I. Effect on serum thyroxine, triiodothyronine and reverse triiodothyronine concentrations.

G J Tevaarwerk, M H Malik, D Boyd
PMCID: PMC1818352  PMID: 688126

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