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Brief report| Volume 20, ISSUE 8, P922-925, August 1985

Decreased triiodothyronines in depression: A preliminary report

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90218-5
Decreased triiodothyronines in depression: A preliminary report
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      Received in revised form: February 19, 1985
      Received: January 9, 1985

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90218-5

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