Changes in QOL in patients with brain tumors measured by mood changes during and after treatment

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 795-801

  Suzuki, Ryuta ^a   Hirao, Motonao ^a   Miyo, Takayasu ^a   Nagashima, Goro ^c   Fujimoto, Tsukasa ^c   Ooshima, Akihiko ^b   Higuchi, Teruhiko ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Mental care; Mood state; QOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031782278     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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