How neurologists think a cognitive psychology perspective on missed diagnoses

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Vickrey, Barbara G ^a,b   Samuels, Martin A ^c   Ropper, Allan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; GADOLINIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77951726146     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21907     Document Type: Article

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