Long-term Health-related Quality of Life and Walking Capacity of Lung Recipients With and Without Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 898-904

  Gerbase, Margaret W ^a   Soccal, Paola M ^a   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a   Nicod, Laurent P ^b   Rochat, Thierry ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALKING;

EID: 47649095317     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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