Quality of life in Slovenian patients with skull base tumours: cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a Slovenian skull base inventory

Vozel, Domen; Urbancic, Jure; Battelino, Saba; Urbancic, Nina Bozanic; Steiner, Nejc; Felbabic, Tomislav; Bosnjak, Roman

doi:10.2478/raon-2026-0007

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Quality of life in Slovenian patients with skull base tumours: cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a Slovenian skull base inventory

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