Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment

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Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment. / Perrild, H.; Hegedus, L.; Baastrup, P. C.; Kayser, L.; Kastberg, S.

I: American Journal of Psychiatry, Bind 147, Nr. 11, 1990, s. 1518-1521.

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Perrild, H, Hegedus, L, Baastrup, PC, Kayser, L & Kastberg, S 1990, 'Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment', American Journal of Psychiatry, bind 147, nr. 11, s. 1518-1521. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.11.1518

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Perrild, H., Hegedus, L., Baastrup, P. C., Kayser, L., & Kastberg, S. (1990). Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry, 147(11), 1518-1521. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.11.1518

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Perrild H, Hegedus L, Baastrup PC, Kayser L, Kastberg S. Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1990;147(11):1518-1521. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.11.1518

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Perrild, H. ; Hegedus, L. ; Baastrup, P. C. ; Kayser, L. ; Kastberg, S. / Thyroid function and ultrasonically determined thyroid size in patients receiving long-term lithium treatment. I: American Journal of Psychiatry. 1990 ; Bind 147, Nr. 11. s. 1518-1521.

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