The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 349-355 , March 2008

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents after Open-Heart Surgery

  • Markus A. Landolt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Emanuela R. Valsangiacomo Buechel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Bea Latal, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Child Development Center, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

Received 22 December 2006 ,Revised 11 June 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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 Supported by Foundation Mercator. The sponsor had no influence on study design, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing of the report, and the decision to submit the paper for publication.

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PII: S0022-3476(07)00662-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.010

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 349-355 , March 2008

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