Health related quality of life and psychological outcome in patients treated for craniopharyngioma in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Pedreira, C C ^a   Stargatt, R ^a   Maroulis, H ^a   Rosenfeld, J ^a   Maixner, W ^a   Warne, G L ^a   Zacharin, Margaret R ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Psychological outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; YTTRIUM;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIP DISEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 32944454647     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.1.15     Document Type: Article

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