Changing profile of 7,519 neurologic outpatients evaluated over 20 years

European Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 381-390

  Del Brutto, Victor J ^a   Tettamanti, Daniel ^a   Del Brutto, Oscar H ^b,c  

^a Catholic University   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory patients; Ecuador; Neurologic diseases; Neurologic disorders; Neurologic outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867896804     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341344     Document Type: Article

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