Use of complementary and alternative medicine by males with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 734-740

  Nabukera, Sarah K ^a   Romitti, Paul A ^a   Campbell, Kimberly A ^b   Meaney, F John ^c   Caspers, Kristin M ^a   Mathews, Katherine D ^d   Sherlock, Stacey M Hockett ^a   Puzhankara, Soman ^a   Cunniff, Christopher ^c   Druschel, Charlotte M ^b   Pandya, Shree ^e   Matthews, Dennis J ^f   Ciafaloni, Emma ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Becker; complementary and alternative medicine; Duchenne; muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CAREGIVER; DISEASE DURATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861315690     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811426501     Document Type: Article

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