Quality of life and life satisfaction in patients with Behçet's disease: Relationship with disease activity

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Bodur, Hatice ^a   Borman, Pinar ^a,b   Özdemir, Yildiz ^a   Atan, Çiǧdem ^a   Kural, Gülcan ^a  

^a Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Iran Caddesi Turan Emeksiz Sok ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Disease activity measure; Life satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645784834     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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