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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Izola, Izola, Slovenia

    Edvina Gregoric

  2. Master of Childhood, Adolescent and Women’s Endocrine Health, Università di Messina, 98125, Messina, Italy

    Edvina Gregoric, Jurji Avramovic Gregoric & Salvatore Benvenga

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Izola, Izola, Slovenia

    Jurji Avramovic Gregoric

  4. Istituto di Dermatologia, Università di Messina, 98125, Messina, Italy

    Fabrizio Guarneri

  5. Sezione di Endocrinologia, Dipartimento Clinico Sperimentale di Medicina e Farmacologia, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Salvatore Benvenga

  6. Programma di Endocrinologia Molecolare Clinica, AOU Policlinico G. Martino, 98125, Messina, Italy

    Salvatore Benvenga

  7. Viale Annunziata, Residence dei Fiori, villa 7, 98168, Messina, Italy

    Fabrizio Guarneri

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Gregoric, E., Gregoric, J.A., Guarneri, F. et al. Reply: Does Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin A exhibit molecular mimicry with thyroid autoantigens and cause thyroid complications in predisposed persons?. Endocrine 40, 142–143 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-011-9484-z

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