Conservative treatment of vestibular schwannoma: A follow-up study on clinical and quality-of-life outcome

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 968-974

  Godefroy, Willem P ^a   Kaptein, Adrian A ^a   Vogel, Justine J ^a   Van Der Mey, Andel G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Conservative treatment; Quality of life; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349747206     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b4e3c9     Document Type: Article

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