Quality of life after acoustic neuroma surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1382-1385

  Nikolopoulos, Thomas P ^a   Johnson, Ian ^a   O'Donoghue, Gerard M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031665458     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199809000-00024     Document Type: Article

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