Persistent fatigue in liver transplant recipients: A two-year follow-up study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Van Ginneken, Berbke T J ^a   van den Berg Emons, Rita J G ^a   van der Windt, Anna ^a   Tilanus, Huug W ^a   Metselaar, Herold J ^a   Stam, Henk J ^a   Kazemier, Geert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Fatigue; Immunosuppressants; Liver transplantation longitudinal study; Quality of life; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74949096173     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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