Correlates of suffering in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1434-1440

  Ganzini, Linda ^a,b,c   Johnston, Wendy S ^a   Hoffman, William F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0033594435     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.7.1434     Document Type: Article

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