Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 204-205 , August 2007

Charted Records of Dizzy Patients Suggest Emergency Physicians Emphasize Symptom Quality in Diagnostic Assessment

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 Funding and support: The author reports the preparation of this manuscript was supported by grants from the Foundation for Education and Research in Neurologic Emergencies, and the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) K23 RR17324-01, “Building a New Model for Diagnosis of ED Dizzy Patients”).

PII: S0196-0644(07)00553-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.037

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 204-205 , August 2007

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