Seizures in patients with high-grade glioma: A serious challenge in the end-of-life phase

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-80

  Sizoo, Eefje M ^a   Koekkoek, Johan A F ^a,b   Postma, Tjeerd J ^a   Heimans, Jan J ^a   Roeline Pasman, H W ^c   Deliens, Luc ^c,d   Taphoorn, Martin J B ^a,b   Reijneveld, Jaap C ^a,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURES; TERMINAL CARE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84911446359     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000456     Document Type: Article

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