Marfan syndrome in Europe: A questionnaire study on patient perceptions

Community Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 216-225

  De Bie, Sylvia ^a   De Paepe, Anne ^a   Delvaux, Isabelle ^a   Davies, Sally ^b   Hennekam, Raoul C M ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Clinical Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marfan syndrome; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Quality of life; Questionnaire study; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY IMAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 14044264797     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082265     Document Type: Article

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