Stroke: When the diagnosis is wrong;Når hjerneslagdiagnosen er feil

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1655-1657

  Rønning, Ole Morten ^a,b   Thommessen, Bente ^c  

^a Nevrologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHY; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 21444443972     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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