The impact of thyroid eye disease upon patients' wellbeing: A qualitative analysis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 635-639

  Estcourt, Stephanie ^a   Vaidya, Bijay ^a   Quinn, Anthony ^a   Shepherd, Maggie ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 40749118899     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03087.x     Document Type: Article

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