Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Friedreich Ataxia

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-337

  Paulsen, Erin K ^a   Friedman, Lisa S ^a   Myers, Lauren M ^a   Lynch, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDSQL GENERIC CORE MODULE AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIQUE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77950596776     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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