Migraine and medical malpractice

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-440

  Evans, Randolph W ^a   Johnston, James C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Medical malpractice; Migraine; Neuroimaging; Precertification

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALPRACTICE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952263038     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01850.x     Document Type: Note

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