Impact of facial paralysis on patients with acoustic neuroma

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1539-1542

  Cross, Teedah ^a   Sheard, Charlotte E ^a   Garrud, Paul ^a   Nikolopoulos, Thomas P ^a   O'Donoghue, Gerard M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle tumors; Distress; Facial paralysis; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0033813140     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200009000-00024     Document Type: Article

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