Timeliness of diagnosis in Motor Neurone Disease: A population-based study

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-21

  Donaghy, Colette ^a   Dick, Alison ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^b   Patterson, Victor ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; TIME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549084065     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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