Level of evidence in the literature concerning brain tumor resection

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Proescholdt, Martin A ^a   Macher, Christine ^a   Woertgen, Chris ^a   Brawanski, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Brain tumor; Evidence based medicine; Extent of resection; Karnofsky index; Method; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGEON; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 13644264075     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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