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Epdemiology

Validation of discharge diagnosis coding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in an Italian regional healthcare database

Francesca PaleseMedical Area Department, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Correspondence[email protected]
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Federica Edith PisaLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, GermanyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-2616
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Pages 428-434 | Received 19 Dec 2019, Accepted 31 Mar 2020, Published online: 22 Apr 2020

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