Health-related quality of life and psychosocial characteristics of patients with benign essential blepharospasm

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Hall, Tyler Andrew ^a   McGwin Jr , G ^a,b,d   Searcey, Karen ^a   Xie, Aiyuan ^a   Hupp, Saunders L ^c   Owsley, Cynthia ^a   Kline, Lanning B ^a  

^a Transportation Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Vision Partners LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VISION;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLEPHAROSPASM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344458474     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.1.116     Document Type: Article

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