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An Animal Model of Graves' Disease: Understanding the Cause of Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism

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  1. Cell Regulation Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892

    Leonard D Kohn & Koichi Suzuki

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan

    Naoki Shimojo & Yoichi Kohno

  3. Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, MedStar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, 108 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20010

    Koichi Suzuki

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Kohn, L.D., Shimojo, N., Kohno, Y. et al. An Animal Model of Graves' Disease: Understanding the Cause of Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 1, 59–67 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010064403940

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