Low grade glioma: A qualitative study of the wait and see approach

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-261

  Hayhurst, Caroline ^a   Mendelsohn, Daniel ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951749470     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100011434     Document Type: Article

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