Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , July 2004

The presence of psychiatric disorders reduces the likelihood of neurologic disease among referrals to a neurology clinic

  • John R Ekstrand

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. USA MEDDAC-DCCS, 126 Missouri Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473-8952, USA. Tel.: +1-573-596-0415; fax: +1-573-596-0524
    • General Internal Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Patrick G O'Malley

      Affiliations

    • General Internal Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Robert J Labutta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffery L Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

Received 4 February 2003 ,Accepted 22 September 2003.

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☆ The opinions or assertions herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. The authors have no potential conflicts of interest with any of the material in this manuscript. There was no outside support for this research project and hence no role for a study sponsor. All authors had full access to all the data in the study and accept full responsibility for integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00564-6

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , July 2004

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