Relationship between stress and relapse in multiple sclerosis: Part I. Important features

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-464

  Brown, Rhonda F ^a   Tennant, C C ^b   Sharrock, M ^a   Hodgkinson, S ^c   Dunn, S M ^b   Pollard, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stressors; Multiple sclerosis; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746506594     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458506ms1295oa     Document Type: Article

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