Fatigue as a Major Predictor of Quality of life in Women with Autoimmune Liver Disease. The Case of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-342

  Sogolow, Ellen D ^a   Lasker, Judith N ^a   Short, Lynn M ^b,c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Analytic Systems Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45849115385     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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