Factors affecting the diagnostic delay in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 550-554

  Cellura, Eleonora ^a   Spataro, Rossella ^a   Taiello, Alfonsa Claudia ^a   La Bella, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; Cognitive errors; Diagnostic delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL PARALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862014062     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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