Recovery of health related quality of life in the year after radical prostatectomy: Early experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 515-519

  Litwin, Mark S ^a   McGuigan, Kimberly A ^a   Shpall, Andrew I ^a   Dhanani, Nasreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033071037     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61938-4     Document Type: Article

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