Validity of hospital discharge data for identifying cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 814-815

  Stickler, David E ^a   Royer, Julie A ^b   Hardin, James W ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Office of Research and Statistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Case identification; Epidemiology; Hospital discharge data; Prevalence; Registry

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80054859187     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22195     Document Type: Article

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