Quantifying health status outcomes in pediatric medulloblastoma patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1 B, 2007, Pages 523-529

  Wolff, Johannes E A ^a,c   Hüttermann, Ulrich ^b   Askins, Martha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Childhood cancer; Health status; Medulloblastoma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847746207     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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