Measurement of health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Brunet, Donald G ^a,b   Hopman, Wilma M ^b   Singer, Michael A ^b   Edgar, Catherine M ^a   MacKenzie, Thomas A ^b  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029922684     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100038798     Document Type: Article

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