Patients' perceptions versus medical testing of function in women with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 901-909

  Pollock BarZiv, Stacey M ^a,b   Cohen, Marsha M ^b,c   Maclean, Heather ^b   Downey, Gregory P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional status; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Subjective function

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 20444382041     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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