Assessment of the quality of life in chronic pancreatitis using Sf-12 and EORTC Qlq-C30 questionnaires

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1077-1086

  Pezzilli, R ^a   Morselli Labate, A M ^a   Fantini, L ^a   Campana, D ^a   Corinaldesi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pancreatic pseudocyst; Pancreatitis; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 36248934708     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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