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Antidepressant-Related Black Thyroid

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Barras, JL., Sarro, R., Bongiovanni, M. et al. Antidepressant-Related Black Thyroid. Endocr Pathol 29, 86–88 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-018-9512-0

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