Latency between symptom onset and diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors: An Eastern Canadian geographic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 365-373

  Mehta, Vivek ^a   Chapman, Ann ^b   McNeely, P Daniel ^b   Walling, Simon ^c   Howes, William J ^b   Sutton, Leslie N ^d   Rutka, James T ^d   Mapstone, Timothy B ^d   Steinbok, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Region 2 Hospital Corporation   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Eastern Canada; Maritime Provinces; Pediatric brain tumors; Symptom onset

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NAUSEA; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 0036705663     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200208000-00012     Document Type: Article

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