Quality of life in Parkinson's disease: Movement disorders clinic vs general medical clinic - A comparative study

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-20

  Rochow, Stuart B ^a   Blackwell, A D ^b   Brown, V J ^b  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 15844408330     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300505000107     Document Type: Article

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