A quality of life study in 20 adult long-term survivors of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-195

  Marks, D I ^a   Gale, D J ^b   Vedhara, K ^b   Bird, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Long term survivor; Quality of life; Social support; Unrelated donor BMT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032780154     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701867     Document Type: Article

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