A 44-year-old woman with difficulty walking

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2632-2639

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WALKING AID;

EID: 0033748769     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.20.2632     Document Type: Article

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