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Does Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin A exhibit molecular mimicry with thyroid autoantigens and cause thyroid complications in predisposed persons?

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    M. Zouhair Atassi & Philip R. Deitiker

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Atassi, M.Z., Deitiker, P.R. Does Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin A exhibit molecular mimicry with thyroid autoantigens and cause thyroid complications in predisposed persons?. Endocrine 40, 140–141 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-011-9481-2

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