Comparison of three clinical rating scales in Friedreich Ataxia (FRDA)

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1779-1784

  Bürk, Katrin ^a,b   Mälzig, Ulrike ^a   Wolf, Stefanie ^a   Heck, Suzette ^c   Dimitriadis, Konstantinos ^c   Schmitz Hübsch, Tanja ^d   Hering, Sascha ^e   Lindig, Tobias M ^f   Haug, Verena ^g   Timmann, Dagmar ^h   Degen, Ingrid ⁱ   Kruse, Bernd ^j   Dörr, Jan Markus ^k   Ratzka, Susanne ^a   Ivo, Anja ^d   Schöls, Ludger ^f   Boesch, Sylvia ^e   Klockgether, Thomas ^d   Klopstock, Thomas ^c   Schulz, Jörg B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Department of Neuropediatrics   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^k Helios Klinikum   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Clinical rating scales; FARS; Friedreich ataxia; ICARS; SARA; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT ATAXIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA RATING SCALE; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF ATAXIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449902992     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22660     Document Type: Article

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