Long-term socio-economic impact of vestibular schwannoma for patients under observation and after surgery

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 955-964

  Tos, Tina ^a,b   Caye Thomasen, Per ^a   Stangerup, Sven Eric ^a   Tos, Mirko ^a   Thomsen, Jens ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Neuroma; Observation; Quality of Life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR NERVE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346788865     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503322683830     Document Type: Article

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