Diagnostic evaluation of patients with a brain mass as the presenting manifestaton of cancer

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 908-911

  Mavrakis, A N ^a   Halpern, E F ^b,c   Barker II, F G ^b,c   Gonzalez, R G ^b,c   Henson, John W ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 25444440164     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000176059.21455.76     Document Type: Article

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