Always on a friday? Time pattern of referral for spinal cord compression

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 88-91

  Poortmans, P ^a   Vulto, A ^a   Raaijmakers, E ^a  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

SPINAL CORDS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; STEROID THERAPY; TIME;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035076392     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418601750071127     Document Type: Article

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