Multidisciplinary ALS care improves quality of life in patients with ALS

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1264-1267

  Van Den Berg, J P ^a,d   Kalmijn, S ^a,b   Lindeman, E ^a   Veldink, J H ^a   De Visser, M ^c   Van Der Graaff, M M ^c   Wokke, J H J ^a   Van Den Berg, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STANDARD; TEAMWORK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 27144448387     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180717.29273.12     Document Type: Article

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