Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 181-185 , March 2010

Refinement and validation of the Parental Illness Impact Scale

  • David Morley

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Thames Valley University, Paragon House, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GA, UK
    • Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8209 4094.
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  • Caroline Selai

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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  • Anette Schrag

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • UCL Medical School, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK
    • ,
  • Alan J. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • ,
  • Marjan Jahanshahi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK

Received 22 May 2009 ,Revised 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Vincenzo Bonifati.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00273-9

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.11.001

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
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