Dose-effect relationship of dexamethasone on karnofsky performance in metastatic brain tumors: A randomized study of doses of 4, 8, and 16 mg per day

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 675-680

  Vecht, Charles J ^a   Hovestadt, A ^a   Verbiest, H B C ^a   van Vliet, J J ^a   van Putten, W L J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON FACE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0028287189     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.4.675     Document Type: Article

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