Development of a disease specific questionnaire to measure health related quality of life in patients with chronic liver disease

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Younossi, Z M ^a   Guyatt, G ^b   Kiwi, M ^a   Boparai, N ^a   King, D ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Liver specific quality of life; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EMOTION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032864860     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.2.295     Document Type: Article

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