| WHAT IS NERVLINE? |
NERVLINE is a computer based information retrieval system in clinical Neurology, to access specific information from core journals to provide diagnostic considerations.
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| WHAT DEVICES RUN NERVLINE? |
NERVLINE is an Internet based application that runs on most browsers. If you have trouble running it on your device please let us know.
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| WHO USES NERVLINE? |
Practicing neurologists, neurology residents, neurosurgeons and pediatric neurologists. NERVLINE is used in medical centers in more than 125 countries.
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| HOW DOES NERVLINE DIFFER FROM OTHER COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE SEARCH SYSTEMS? |
Because NERVLINE is a "specialty" database where citations are selected and coded by a practicing neurologist, search results yield targeted information. Other databases survey the entire field of medicine and result in an overwhelming number of citations. NERVLINE uses a unique keyword thesaurus that allows for easy selection of a search term(s), avoiding spelling errors that may result in a failed search. Articles from NERVLINE are coded by keywords taken not just from the title and abstract, but from the body of the article.
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| HOW IS THE DATABASE DISTRIBUTED AND KEPT CURRENT? |
NERVLINE is presently available without charge on the Internet and is updated bimonthly.
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| WHAT JOURNALS ARE SURVEYED? |
| NERVLINE is based on the premise that what is important for the practicing clinical neurologist is published in a select core of the best neurology and medical journals. These are:
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
THE LANCET
THE NEUROLOGIST
MUSCLE & NERVE
NEURORADIOLOGY
THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
PEDIATRICS
STROKE
RADIOLOGY
NEUROLOGY
ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
MEDICINE
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| HOW EXTENSIVE IS THE NERVLINE DATABASE? |
NERVLINE includes a 16,000 keyword thesaurus from more then 25,000 citations over the past 40 years.
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| HAS NERVLINE BEEN PEER REVIEWED? |
| Yes, and is the only peer reviewed neurology specialty database.
"Nervline performed remarkably well. The software is easy to use, and the searches are extremely fast. As an in-office tool to provide the clinician with quick references to clinically relevant citations, we recommend NERVLINE as very useful and extremely cost-effective." NEUROLOGY
"…an excellent, easily used, clinically-oriented database for the busy neurologist…it is a superb tool for review and differential diagnosis." JAMA
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| WHY DO I NEED NERVLINE? |
Information is growing at such a rate that physicians no longer see, much less read the clinically relevant literature in their field. This, along with the fact that we forget 80% of what we read after 24 hours, calls for a system to help deal with the overwhelming volume of new information.
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| IF I HAVE QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR NERVLINE WHO DO I TELL? |
Just send an e-mail to NERVLINE@aol.com and we will give it serious consideration.
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