Assessing the quality of life of patients with intestinal failure on home parenteral nutrition

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-222

  Richards, D M ^a,b   Irving, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home parenteral nutrition; Intestinal failure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031050874     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.2.218     Document Type: Article

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