Norfolk QOL-DN: Validation of a patient reported outcome measure in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-114

  Vinik, Etta J ^a   Vinik, Aaron I ^a   Paulson, James F ^b   Merkies, Ingemar S J ^c,d   Packman, Jeff ^e   Grogan, Donna R ^e   Coelho, Teresa ^f  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Nerve fiber function; Neurological function; Norfolk quality of life; Outcome measure; Transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; LIMITED MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORFOLK QUALITY OF LIFE DIABETIC NEUROPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSTHYRETIN FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREALBUMIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925348833     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jns5.12059     Document Type: Article

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