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. 1992 Apr;61(1):86–93.

The treatment of myxoedema with raw sheep thyroid gland and its introduction into practice in County Londonderry in 1892.

M S Logan 1, J S Logan 1
PMCID: PMC2448803  PMID: 1377843

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