Comparison of diagnoses of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by use of death certificates and hospital discharge data in the danish population

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 224-229

  Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi Anna ^a   Seals, Ryan M ^a   Himmerslev, Liselotte ^b   Gredal, Ole ^b   Hansen, Johnni ^b   Weisskopf, Marc G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Risk; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929746183     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.988161     Document Type: Article

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