Anxiety, depression and impaired health-related quality of life are therapeutic challenges in patients with multiple sclerosis

Mental Illness

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Michalski, Dominik ^a   Liebig, Stefanie ^a   Thomae, Eva ^a   Singer, Susanne ^a   Hinz, Andreas ^a   Bergh, Florian Then ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Health related quality of life; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864467797     PISSN: 20367457     EISSN: 20367465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/mi.2010.e5     Document Type: Article

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