Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 4 , Pages 314-319 , May 2010

Prospective collection and analysis of error data in a neurosurgical clinic

  • Jan Boström

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. Tel.: +49 0228 287 16521; fax: +49 0228 287 14758.
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  • Ahmad Yacoub
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  • Johannes Schramm

Received 10 November 2008 ,Revised 26 December 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.01.001

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 4 , Pages 314-319 , May 2010

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