Weakness as presenting symptom in the emergency department

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 271-272

  Nickel, Christian H ^a   Nemec, Marek ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; WEAKNESS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649984906     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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