Symptom distress and quality of life after stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with pituitary tumors: A questionnaire survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Ching Ju ^a   Huang, Guey Shiun ^a   Xiao, Fu Ren ^b   Lou, Meei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895527244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088460     Document Type: Article

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