Quality of life of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the Netherlands: results of a longitudinal multicentre study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2895-2906

  Holtzer Goor, K M ^a   Schaafsma, M R ^b   Joosten, P ^c   Posthuma, E F M ^d,g   Wittebol, S ^e   Huijgens, P C ^f   Mattijssen, E J M ^h   Vreugdenhil, G ^i,q   Visser, H ^j   Peters, W G ^k   Erjavec, Z ^l   Wijermans, P W ^m   Daenen, S M G J ⁿ   van der Hem, K G ^o   van Oers, M H J ^p   Uyl de Groot, C A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^k CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^l Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groep   (Netherlands)

^m HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^o ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^q MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Area under curve; B cell; Chronic; Leukaemia; Lymphocytic; Observational study; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COGNITION; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BRUISING; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH STATUS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CHLORAMBUCIL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945481161     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1039-y     Document Type: Article

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