Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 108-114 , March 2007

Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease in a prospective longitudinal study

  • M. Reuther

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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  • E.A. Spottke

      Affiliations

    • Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • J. Klotsche

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University, Dresden, Germany
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  • O. Riedel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University, Dresden, Germany
    • ,
  • H. Peter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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  • K. Berger

      Affiliations

    • MERG, Medical Economics Research Group, München, Germany
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  • O. Athen

      Affiliations

    • Metronomia, München, Germany
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  • R. Köhne-Volland

      Affiliations

    • Metronomia, München, Germany
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  • R.C. Dodel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
    • Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmannstr. 8, 35039 Marburg, Germany. Tel.: +4964212865606; fax: +4964212865606.

Received 31 January 2006 ,Revised 11 July 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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PII: S1353-8020(06)00160-X

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.07.009

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 108-114 , March 2007

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