A multidisciplinary clinic approach improves survival in ALS:A comparative study of ALS in Ireland and Northern Ireland

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 496-501

  Rooney, James ^a   Byrne, Susan ^a   Heverin, Mark ^a   Tobin, Katy ^a   Dick, Alison ^b   Donaghy, Colette ^b   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINIC APPROACH; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84927590654     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309601     Document Type: Review

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