Raised Serum Aminotransferase Levels and Muscle Pseudohypertrophy Caused by Hypothyroidism
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Daniele Serranti
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Daniele Serranti, MD, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Indolfi
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorElisa Bartolini
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorLuisa Galli
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMaurizio de Martino
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMassimo Resti
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Daniele Serranti
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Daniele Serranti, MD, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Indolfi
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorElisa Bartolini
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorLuisa Galli
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMaurizio de Martino
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMassimo Resti
Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorThe authors report no conflict of interests.
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