Referral of patients with a polyneuropathy by GPs: Influence of type of symptoms but not of patient's age;Verwijzing van patienten met een polyneuropathie door de huisarts: Geen invloed van de leeftijd, maar wel van de aard van de klachten

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 141, Issue 48, 1997, Pages 2342-2346

  Van Dijk, G W ^a   Notermans, N C ^a   Van Der Graaf, Y ^b   Donders, R C J M ^a   Hol, M ^a   Wokke, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Afd Epidemiologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYNEUROPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031283505     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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