Efficacy of postacute brain injury rehabilitation for patients with primary malignant brain tumors

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-257

  Sherer, Mark ^a,b,d   Meyers, Christina A ^c   Bergloff, Paula ^a,b  

^a Institute for Rehabilitation and Research   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d TIRR MEMORIAL HERMANN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cognitive deficits; Independence; Productivity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030998291     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970715)80:2<250::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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