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L-thyroxine therapy for congenital hypothyroidism and Marfan syndrome

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    Rakesh Khanna & Siddharth Dixit

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Khanna, R., Dixit, S. L-thyroxine therapy for congenital hypothyroidism and Marfan syndrome. Indian J Pediatr 59, 383–384 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02821811

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