Longitudinal study of alexithymia and multiple sclerosis

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Chahraoui, Khadija ^a   Duchene, Céline ^b   Rollot, Fabien ^b   Bonin, Bernard ^b   Moreau, Thibault ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Longitudinal study; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893451176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.194     Document Type: Article

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