Evaluating the use and limitations of the Danish National Patient Register in register-based research using an example of multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Mason, K ^a,b   Thygesen, L C ^b   Stenager, E ^c,d,e   Bronnum Hansen H ^b   Koch Henriksen, N ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Department of Neurology   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry; Danish national hospital register; Multiple sclerosis; Register based research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH NATIONAL PATIENT REGISTER; DENMARK; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTER; STANDARD; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84856724592     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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