Analysis of the neurologic consultations in an oncologic hospital: Contribution of neuro-oncology;Analisis de las consultas neurologicas en un hospital oncologico: Contribuciones de la neurooncologia

Neurologia

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 266-274

  Porta Etessam, J ^c   Dalmau, J ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Cancer; Neuro oncology; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STROKE; BRAIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0032765907     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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