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Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-7

  Langfitt, John ^a   Meador, Kimford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0346461761     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.1.6     Document Type: Editorial

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