Global and disease-specific health-related quality of life after complete endoscopic resection of anterior skull base neoplasms

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-79

  Ransom, Evan R ^a   Doghramji, Laurel ^a   Palmer, James N ^a   Chiu, Alexander G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX MARK II; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SINONASAL OUTCOMES TEST 22; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857733772     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2012.26.3713     Document Type: Article

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