Quality of life among young patients with ischaemic stroke compared with patients with multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Naess, H ^a   Beiske, A G ^b   Myhr, K M ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ischaemic stroke; Multiple sclerosis; Pain; Quality of life; Young adults

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38849112536     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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