Fatigue is a major problem after liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 928-933

  van den Berg Emons, Rita ^a   van Ginneken, Berbke ^a   Wijffels, Markus ^a   Tilanus, Hugo ^a   Metselaar, Herold ^a   Stam, Henk ^a   Kazemier, Geert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745505335     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20684     Document Type: Article

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