Fears and anxiety in children with long-QT syndrome compared to children with asthma

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-424

  Giuffre, R Michael ^a   Gupta, Swapna ^a   Crawford, Susan G ^a   Leung, Alexander K C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Psychiatry; QT intervals

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 42349089975     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31275-x     Document Type: Article

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