To scan or not to scan in headache

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7464, 2004, Pages 469-470

  Goadsby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 4344666084     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.469     Document Type: Editorial

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