The Interrelations Between Disability and Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in the Area of Bajo Aragon, Spain: A Geographically Based Survey

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-73

  Modrego, Pedro J ^a   Pina, M A ^b   Simón, Alicia ^a   Azuara, M Carmen ^a  

^a Hospital del Insalud de Alcañiz   (Spain)

^b Hospital del Insalud de Teruel   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability; Multiple sclerosis; Qual ity of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL LIFE; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 0034874766     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830101500109     Document Type: Article

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