Affected illness perceptions and the association with impaired quality of life in patients with long-term remission of acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3550-3558

  Tiemensma, Jitske ^a   Kaptein, Adrian A ^a   Pereira, Alberto M ^a   Smit, Johannes W A ^a   Romijn, Johannes A ^a   Biermasz, Nienke R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SELF CARE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 80655137144     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1645     Document Type: Article

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