Disclosing a misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis: Do no harm?

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1087-1091

  Solomon, Andrew J ^a,b   Klein, Eran ^c  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLATIRAMER; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SMOKING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84881644267     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000433281.18146.5b     Document Type: Note

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