Health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 592-598

  Wong, Grace L H ^b   Law, Florence M Y ^b   Wong, Vincent W S ^b   Hui, Alex Y ^b   Chan, Francis K L ^b   Sung, Joseph J Y ^b   Chan, Henry L Y ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Fatigue; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 41849132459     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05092.x     Document Type: Article

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