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The molecular basis of thyroid hormone action

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DeGroot, L.J., Nakai, A., Sakurai, A. et al. The molecular basis of thyroid hormone action. J Endocrinol Invest 12, 843–861 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350080

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