Chorea as a Valuable Physical Exam Finding of Uncontrolled Hyperglycemia
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Chorea-Ballismus Associated with Hyperglycemia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usaa561