Quality of life in patients with uveitis on chronic systemic immunosuppressive treatment

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Miserocchi, Elisabetta ^a   Modorati, Giulio ^a   Mosconi, Paola ^b   Colucci, Annalisa ^a   Bandello, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive treatment; Quality of life; SF 36; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; UVEITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENDER AND SEX; GENERAL CONDITION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PAIN; PATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX FACTORS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954902069     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273941003637510     Document Type: Article

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