Discussions about treatment restrictions in chronic neurologic diseases: A structured review

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Seeber, Antje A ^a   Hijdra, Albert ^a   Vermeulen, Marinus ^a   Willems, Dick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; EMBASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84858124899     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318247cc56     Document Type: Review

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