Practicing neurology: A delicate balance

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1526-1532

  Ringel, Steven P ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033549066     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.8.1526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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