Quality of life in patients with pituitary tumors: A preliminary study

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-105

  Baird, Anne ^a   Sullivan, Teresa ^a   Zafar, Saeed ^a   Rock, Jack ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Fatigue; Pituitary tumors; Quality of life; Sickness impact profile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0037672996     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019514-200304000-00005     Document Type: Article

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