The common problem of rare disease in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-83

  Knight, Andrew W ^a   Senior, Timothy P ^a  

^a WentWest Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORPHAN DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RARE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746765000     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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