Evaluation of the RFIPC, a disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Swedish patients with ulcerative colitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1235-1240

  Hjortswang, H ^a   Strom M ^b   Almeida, R T ^b   Almer, S ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disease related concerns; Functional status; Health related quality of life; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0031465173     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709028153     Document Type: Article

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