Impact of cervical dystonia on quality of life

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 838-841

  Camfield, Laura ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Warner, Thomas T ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical dystonia; Quality of life; SF36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TORTICOLLIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0036651242     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10127     Document Type: Article

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