Differential diagnosis: A reasonable clinical approach

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-63

  Swenson, R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW BACK PAIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE TUMOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032953187     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70113-4     Document Type: Article

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