Randomized controlled clinical trial of "Virtual house calls" for Parkinson disease

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 565-570

  Dorsey, E Ray ^a   Venkataraman, Vinayak ^a   Grana, Matthew J ^c   Bull, Michael T ^c   George, Benjamin P ^e   Boyd, Cynthia M ^b   Beck, Christopher A ^c   Rajan, Balaraman ^d   Seidmann, Abraham ^d   Biglan, Kevin M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84877735335     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.123     Document Type: Article

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