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Determinants of Quality of Life in Myasthenia Gravis Patients

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Determinants of Quality of Life in Myasthenia Gravis Patients
المؤلفون: Piotr Szczudlik, Ewa Sobieszczuk, Beata Szyluk, Marta Lipowska, Justyna Kubiszewska, Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk
المصدر: Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 11 (2020)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
مصطلحات موضوعية: myasthenia gravis, quality of life, SF-36, obesity, employment, MGFA, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
الوصف: Background: Although approximately half of myasthenia gravis (MG) patents achieve remission, for the remaining group MG is often a life-long disease. Better understanding of the determinants of Quality of Life (QoL) in MG is needed to optimize treatment goals in chronic cases.Materials and Methods: We performed a single center cross-sectional study in 339 MG adult patients (64.9% women), with ocular or generalized disease. SF-36 and a structured questionnaire was administered, including information on previous and current MG severity, medications, comorbidities, education, occupation and BMI of the patient. Mean disease duration was 7.5 + 9.3 years. Current age was 51.6 + 18.3 years, 55% had Early-Onset (
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-2295
العلاقة: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.553626/fullTest; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2295Test
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.553626
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/717a1f28e9964a6082fa44de5cce1e1fTest
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.717a1f28e9964a6082fa44de5cce1e1f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16642295
DOI:10.3389/fneur.2020.553626