A measure of disease-specific health-related quality of life for achalasia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1668-1676

  Urbach, David R ^a,b,c,d   Tomlinson, George A ^b,c,d   Harnish, Julie L ^c   Martino, Rosemary ^b   Diamant, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 25644459312     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50141.x     Document Type: Article

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