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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2016

How to write a neurology case report.

Richard A Rison

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Review
  3. Case reports: old-timers and evergreens.Journal of medical case reports · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Richard A RisonUniversity of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County Medical Center, Medical Director PIH Health Hospital-Whittier Stroke Program, Medical Director PIH Health Hospital-Whittier Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, Neurology Consultants Medical Group, 12401 Washington Blvd., Whittier, CA, 90602, USA. rison@usc.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurology case reports have a long history of transmitting important medical information across many generations for the improvement of patient care. Case reports contribute much to the physician's knowledge base from which treatment hypotheses and ideas form. Elements of a modern case report, as presented in the CARE (CAse REport) guidelines, include the abstract, introduction, case presentation, discussion, conclusion, patient's perspective, and consent statement. The sections are described here, as well as the application of CARE guidelines to a published neuromuscular case report. Writing case reports offer an ideal opportunity for neurologists to publish interesting case findings and carry on the tradition of neurologic case reporting.

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Medical RecordsNeurologyChecklistHumansInformed ConsentJournalism, MedicalMedical WritingPractice Guidelines as Topic

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PMID27048575
PMCPMC4822294

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