Update on ISIS survey: Europe, North America and South America

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Chiò, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; diagnostic delay; misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SOUTH AMERICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347243557     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820052415853     Document Type: Review

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