Practice styles of US compared to UK neurologists

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1661-1668

  Vickrey, Barbara G ^a   Gifford, D R ^c   Belin, T R ^b   Martin, P J ^d   Smith, D ^d   Delrahim, S ^b   Chadwick, D W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031775846     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.6.1661     Document Type: Article

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