A reappraisal on the management of lumbosacral plexopathies in gynecological malignancies: Where do the physiatrists stand?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 915-917

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Kara, M ^a   Erol, O ^a   Kaymak, B ^a   Akinci, A ^a   Taskiran C ^a   Ayhan, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Lumbosacral plexopathy; Ovarian carcinoma; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXOPATHY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28944438607     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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