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Commentary: Managing clinicians’ assessment

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5177 (Published 10 December 2009)
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b5177

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  1. Reinhard Reuß, physician 1,
  2. Michael Bolz, senior physician 2,
  3. Uwe K Zettl, professor1
  1. 1Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany
  2. 2Department of Gynaecology, University of Rostock
  1. Correspondence to: R Reuß reinhard.reuss{at}neuro.med.uni-giessen.de

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