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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan

    Yuji Hiromatsu

  2. Division of Surgery, Seishinkai Inoue Hospital, Alumni of the 1st Department of Surgery, Kyushu University and Japanese Society for the Medical History, Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hiroshi Satoh

  3. Center for Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kuma Hospital, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan

    Nobuyuki Amino

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Hiromatsu, Y., Satoh, H. & Amino, N. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: History and Future Outlook. Hormones 12, 12–18 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03401282

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