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    Quality of life in couples living with Huntington’s disease: the role of patients’ and partners’ illness perceptions

    Research suggests that chronically ill patients and their partners perceive illness differently, and that these differences have a negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QoL). This study assessed whethe...

    A. A. Kaptein, M. Scharloo, D. I. Helder, L. Snoei in Quality of Life Research (2007)

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    Inclusion body myositis

    The clinical features of inclusion body myositis (IBM) were of minor importance in the design of consensus diagnostic criteria, mainly because of controversial views on the specificity of signs and symptoms, a...

    U. A. Badrising, M. L. C. Maat-Schieman, J. C. van Houwelingen in Journal of Neurology (2005)

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    Health-related quality of life in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Development and validation of a lupus specific symptom checklist

    Reliable and sensitive measures are needed to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). No lupus specific questionnaires are available. This study describes the de...

    C. Grootscholten, G. Ligtenberg, R.H.W.M. Derksen in Quality of Life Research (2003)

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    Living with huntington’s disease: illness perceptions, co** mechanisms, and spouses’ quality of life

    Chronic illness not only affects the life of those suffering from Huntington’s disease but also threatens the quality of life (QOL) of their spouses. In this study, we focus on Huntington’s disease (HD). The i...

    D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein in International Journal of Behavioral Medici… (2002)

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    Factors affecting the long-term outcome following non-living kidney transplantation

    The aims of the study were threefold: (1) to analyse the long-term overall kidney graft survival within Eurotransplant for the period 1971–1987; (2) to examine the effect of matching for HLA over the years, wi...

    J. Thorogood, F. A. Zantvoort, G. G. Persijn in Transplant International Official Journal … (1992)

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    Sex ratio of the mutation frequencies in haemophilia A: estimation and meta-analysis

    A hereditary disease with excess mortality such as haemophilia is maintained in the population by the occurrence of new cases, i.e. mutations. In haemophilia, mutations may arise in female or male ancestors of...

    F. R. Rosendaal, A. H. J. T. Bröcker-Vriends, J. C. van Houwelingen in Human Genetics (1990)