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The thyrotropin receptor and its role in Graves’ disease1

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  1. Endocrine Immunology Unit, 7th Floor Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, CF4 4XN, UK

    B. Rees Smith, C. R. Rickards, E. Davies Jones, Y. Kajita, P. R. Buckland, F. M. Creagh, R. D. Howells, F. Hashim, A. B. Parkes & V. B. Petersen

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Harington — De Visscher Prize Lecture 1984 of the European Thyroid Association.

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Rees Smith, B., Rickards, C.R., Davies Jones, E. et al. The thyrotropin receptor and its role in Graves’ disease1 . J Endocrinol Invest 8, 175–182 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350678

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