Quality of life in European patients with Addison's disease: Validity of the disease-specific questionnaire AddiQoL

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Øksnes, Marianne ^a   Bensing, Sophie ^c,d   Hulting, Anna Lena ^c   Kam̈pe, Olle ^d   Hackemann, Annika ^e   Meyer, Gesine ^e   Badenhoop, Klaus ^e   Betterle, Corrado ^f   Parolo, Anna ^f   Giordano, Roberta ^g   Falorni, Alberto ^h   Papierska, Lucyna ⁱ   Jeske, Wojciech ⁱ   Kasperlik Zaluska, Anna A ⁱ   Chatterjee, V Krishna K ^j   Husebye, Eystein S ^a,b   Løvas̊, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SWEDEN; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856789043     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1901     Document Type: Article

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