Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 15 March 2010

The spectrum of neurological disorders in a Zambian tertiary care hospital

  • Omar K. Siddiqi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, W/BA-5, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States. Tel.: +1 617 667 2395; fax: +1 617 632 8931.
    • ,
  • Masharip Atadzhanov

      Affiliations

    • University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
    • ,
  • Gretchen L. Birbeck

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Igor J. Koralnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Received 16 July 2009 ,Revised 17 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)01025-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.022

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 15 March 2010

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