Audit of an inpatient neurology consultation service in a tertiary referral centre: Value of the consulting neurologist

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Costello, Daniel J ^a   Renganathan, R ^a   O'Haire, A ^a   Murray, B ^a   Lynch, T ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 21444438319     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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