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  1. Genpar Medical Centre, Esperance, Australia

    Andreas Marangou

  2. Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine - Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Fabrizio Guarneri

  3. Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine - Endocrinology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Salvatore Benvenga

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Marangou, A., Guarneri, F. & Benvenga, S. Graves’ disease precipitated by rickettsial infection. Endocrine 50, 828–829 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-015-0767-7

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