Decreased quality of life in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency compared with general populations using the new, validated, self-weighted questionnaire, Questions on Life Satisfaction Hypopituitarism Module

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4158-4167

  Blum, Werner F ^a,f   Shavrikova, Elena P ^b   Edwards, David J ^a   Rosilio, Myriam ^a   Hartman, Mark L ^a   Marín, Fernando ^a   Valle, Domenico ^a   Van Der Lely, Aart Jan ^c   Attanasio, Andrea F ^a   Strasburger, Christian J ^d   Henrich, Gerhard ^e   Herschbach, Peter ^e  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Pharma Support Inc   (Russian Federation)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Inst/Poliklin Psychosomatische M   (Germany)

^f LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; ITALY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141606267     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021792     Document Type: Article

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