Systematic reviews to help guide clinical practice in neuromuscular disease

Neurology in Practice

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Jewitt, Kate ^a   Hughes, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN C; RILUZOLE; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PARAPROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BELL PALSY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HYPERVENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0037677970     PISSN: 14737086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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