Morbidity and quality of life in adult patients with a congenital abdominal wall defect: A questionnaire survey

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1594-1601

  Koivusalo, A ^a   Lindahl, H ^a   Rintala, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall defects; Morbidity; Psychosocial functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OMPHALOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036828907     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.36191     Document Type: Article

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