Feedback: Computed tomography for subarachnoid hemorrhage (multiple letters)

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 679-685

  Prosser Jr , Robert L ^a,b,c   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Wyer, Peter C ^a,b,c  

^a Shawnee Mission Medical Center   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0035011334     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.115847     Document Type: Article

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