Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: Hearing the voices of the children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 592-597

  Varni, James W ^a   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^b   Sherman, Sandra A ^c   Hanna, Kanela ^d   Berrin, Susan J ^e   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^e   Chambers, Henry G ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 23944525013     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001179     Document Type: Article

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