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01-04-2019 | Meningitis | Letter to the Editors

Lack of accuracy of the international classification of disease, ninth (ICD-9) codes in identifying patients with encephalitis

Authors: Mohammed Samannodi, Michael Hansen, Rodrigo Hasbun

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 4/2019

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Title: Lack of accuracy of the international classification of disease, ninth (ICD-9) codes in identifying patients with encephalitis
Authors: Mohammed Samannodi
Michael Hansen
Rodrigo Hasbun
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Meningitis
Encephalitis
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09229-9

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