Screening: Sensitivity versus specificity: neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism

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Rosanne Diaz. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;6(10):534.

doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.140.

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