Requests for electroencephalography in a district general hospital: Retrospective and prospective audit

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7292, 2001, Pages 954-957

  Smith, D ^a   Bartolo, R ^b   Pickles, R M ^b   Tedman, B M ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035926037     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.954     Document Type: Article

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