Narrowing the evidence-practice gap: Strengthening the link between research and clinical practice

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-321

  Holloway, Robert G ^a   Ringel, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 0031989333     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.319     Document Type: Editorial

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