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. 1988 Nov 26;297(6660):1395–1396. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6660.1395

Hyperthyroidism presenting as pyramidal tract disease.

P J Shaw 1, D Bates 1, P Kendall-Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC1835103  PMID: 3146377

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