Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on metastatic spinal cord compression

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7682, 2008, Pages 1351-1352

  Coleman, Robert ^a  

^a WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57449109966     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2555     Document Type: Note

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