"Flying blind" without epilepsy surveillance data

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-11

  Trevathan, Edwin ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78751625888     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318203e9b0     Document Type: Editorial

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