Quality of life in treated adult craniopharyngioma patients

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-489

  Dekkers, O M ^a   Biermasz, N R ^a   Smith, J W A ^a   Groot, L E ^a   Roelfsema, F ^a   Romijn, J A ^a   Pereira, A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REMISSION; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33645224815     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02114     Document Type: Article

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