Symptom Experience in Korean Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-334

  Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Oh, Eui Geum ^a   Lee, Won Hee ^a   Kim, Ok Soo ^a   Han, Kwang Hyup ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

experience; liver cirrhosis; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646490608     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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