Pearls & Oy-sters: An uncommon initial presentation of thyrotoxicosis.

Neurology

From the Departments of Neurology (P.K.G., M.F.V., M.R.D.) and Radiology (F.D.R.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Published: August 2017


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