Health-related quality of life and family function following pediatric liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 460-468

  Alonso, Estella M ^a   Neighbors, Katie ^a   Barton, Franca B ^b   McDiarmid, Sue V ^c   Dunn, Stephen P ^d   Mazariegos, George V ^e   Landgraf, Jeanne M ^f   Bucuvalas, John C ^g  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f HealthActCHQ   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42149191172     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21352     Document Type: Article

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