Diagnosis and referral delay in women with Parkinson's Disease

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-217

  Saunders Pullman, Rachel ^a,b   Wang, Cuiling ^b   Stanley, Kaili ^a   Bressman, Susan B ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; gender differences; Parkinson's disease; referral; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79958708409     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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