Radioactive iodine for hyperthyroidism

References

Citations

  1. Jameson JL, Weetman AP (2005). Disorders of the thyroid gland. In DL Kasper et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2104–2127. New York: McGraw-Hill.



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