Assessment of fatigue in pediatric patients with short stature utilizing the pedsql multidimensional fatigue scale

Children's Health Care

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-181

  Varni, James W ^a,b   Limbers, Christine A ^b   Bryant, William P ^a,c   Wilson, Don P ^d  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cook Children's Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 84861452018     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: 15326888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2012.657068     Document Type: Article

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