Influence of relatives on fatigue experienced by patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy and HMSN-I

European Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Kalkman, Joke S ^a   Schillings, Maartje L ^b   Zwarts, Machiel J ^b   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Neurology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy; Fatigue; Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type I; Myotonic dystrophy, adult onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY COPING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748484290     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095137     Document Type: Article

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