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In children with acquired hypothyroidism levothyroxine requirements may be significantly conditioned by the etiology of thyroid failure

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  1. Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, Unit of Pediatrics, University of Messina, 98122, Messina, ME, Italy

    Laura Cannavò, Tommaso Aversa, Domenico Corica, Giorgia Pepe, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Filippo De Luca & Malgorzata Wasniewska

  2. Department of Economics, University of Messina, 98122, Messina, ME, Italy

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Cannavò, L., Aversa, T., Corica, D. et al. In children with acquired hypothyroidism levothyroxine requirements may be significantly conditioned by the etiology of thyroid failure. Endocrine 67, 252–255 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-01965-2

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