Duchenne muscular dystrophy: quality of life among 95 patients evaluated using the Life Satisfaction Index for Adolescents
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in different stages of the disease, by means of the Life Satisfaction Index for Adolescents (LSI-A). The practicality of this scale was also verified. The LSI-A was applied four tim...
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| Main Authors: | Valdecir A. Simon, Maria Bernardete Dutra Resende, Margarete A.V.P. Simon, Edmar Zanoteli, Umbertina Conti Reed |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000100005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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