Validity of hospital discharge diagnoses for the assessment of the prevalence and incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Beghi, E ^a   Logroscino, G ^a   Micheli, A ^a   Millul, A ^a   Perini, M ^a   Riva, R ^a   Salmoiraghi, F ^a   Vitelli, E ^a   Chio A ^a   Silani, V ^a   Bet, L ^a   Causarano, R ^a   Corbo, M ^a   Filippini, G ^a   Gambaro, P ^a   Testa, D ^a   Vecchio, E ^a   Alimonti, D ^a   Ceroni, M ^a   Citterio, A ^a   Bianchi, G ^a   Amidei, S ^a   Baldini, D ^a   Balzarini, C ^a   Bogliun, G ^a   Bonito, V ^a   Di Landro, A ^a   Moroni, S ^a   Poloni, M ^a   Cheldi, A ^a   Chiodelli, G ^a   Delodovici, M L ^a   Ferlito, E ^a   Porta, M ^a   La Spina, I ^a   Manfredi, L ^a   Rezzonico, M ^a   Mariani, G ^a   Perrone, P ^a   Meola, G ^a   Romorini, A ^a   Serlenga, G ^a   Tonini, C ^a   Angelini, C ^a   Scarlato, G ^a   Rizzuto, N ^a   Schiffer, D ^a   Tonali, P ^a   more..

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; HDD; Incidence

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052618055     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608201316949541     Document Type: Article

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