The Guy's neurological disability scale (GNDS): A new disability measure for multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Sharrack, Basil ^a,b   Hughes, Richard A C ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; GNDS; Multiple sclerosis; The Guy's neurological disability scale

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; VISION;

EID: 0032870663     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859900500406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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