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A 60-Year-Old Woman with Chorea and Weight Loss

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  1. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 229 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0006, USA

    Amanda Vick MD, Ryan R. Kraemer MD, Jason L. Morris MD, Lisa L. Willett MD, Robert M. Centor MD, Carlos A. Estrada MD, MS & J. Martin Rodriguez MD

  2. Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Ryan R. Kraemer MD, Jason L. Morris MD, Robert M. Centor MD & Carlos A. Estrada MD, MS

  3. Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Program, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Carlos A. Estrada MD, MS

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Vick, A., Kraemer, R.R., Morris, J.L. et al. A 60-Year-Old Woman with Chorea and Weight Loss. J GEN INTERN MED 27, 747–751 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1928-x

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