Fatigue as an important aspect of quality of life in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-362

  Schumacher, Andrea ^a   Wewers, Dieter ^a   Heinecke, Achim ^a   Sauerland, Cristina ^a   Koch, Olaf M ^a   Van De Loo, Jürgen ^a   Büchner, Thomas ^a   Berdel, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; AMLCG treatment protocol; Fatigue; Quality of life; Treatment side effects

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MOOD; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TIME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036171722     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(01)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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