Disparities in perceptions of distress and burden in ALS patients and family caregivers

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1766-1770

  Adelman, E E ^a   Albert, S M ^b,c   Rabkin, J G ^c   Del Bene, M L ^c   Tider, T ^b   O'Sullivan, I ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 2442641460     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000125180.04000.A4     Document Type: Article

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