Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Jia, Tie Wu ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Deng, Yao ^d   Yang, Kun ^d   Li, Yi Yi ^e   Zhu, Jin Huan ^e   King, Charles H ^f   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^e HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY; ANIMAL; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952466982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000966     Document Type: Article

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