Distress and alexithymia in lung recipients - Psychosocial strains and associations with chronic allograft dysfunction

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 382-387

  Goetzmann, Lutz ^a   Irani, Sarosh ^a   Schwegler, Kyrill ^a   Stamm, Martina ^a   Bricman, Rosemarie ^a   Buddeberg, Claus ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Benden, Christian ^a   Klaghofer, Richard ^a   Boehler, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Chronic rejection reaction; Distress; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RECIPIENT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 77954132318     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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