Validation of the functional assessment of multiple sclerosis quality of life instrument in a Portuguese language;Validação de escala de determinação funcional da qualidade de vida na esclerose múltipla para a língua Portuguesa

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-113

  Mendes, Maria Fernanda ^a,b   Balsimelli, Silvia ^a   Stangehaus, Gabriela ^a   Tilbery, Charles Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Measurement scale; Multiple sclerosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842842392     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000100019     Document Type: Article

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