Quality of life in patients with focal dystonia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-164

  Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a,b   Svetel, Marina ^a   Ivanovic, Natasa ^c   Dragasevic, Natasa ^a   Petrovic, Igor ^a   Tepavcevic, Darija Kisic ^b   Kostic, Vladimir S ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c St Sava Hospital   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Depression; Dystonia; Quality of life; Serbia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WRITER'S CRAMP;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; DEPRESSION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 58549101339     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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