Can medical audit change electromyographic practice?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 496-501

  Finnerup, N B ^a   Johnsen, B ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, A ^a   De Carvalho, M ^b   Fawcett, P ^c   Liguori, R ^d   Nix, W ^e   Schofield, I ^c   Vila, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Changing neurophysiologists' practices; EMG; EMG examination; Medical audit; Nerve conduction study; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0032421549     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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