Quality of life goes beyond the medical priorities in multiple sclerosis: assessing the impact of social support network

Douglas Kazutoshi Sato; Renata Brant de Souza

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20170056

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(05): 263-264
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170056

EDITORIAL

Quality of life goes beyond the medical priorities in multiple sclerosis: assessing the impact of social support network

A qualidade de vida vai além das prioridades médicas na esclerose múltipla: avaliando o impacto da rede de suporte social

Douglas Kazutoshi Sato

¹Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina,Instituto do Cérebro do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brasil;

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Renata Brant de Souza

¹Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina,Instituto do Cérebro do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brasil;

²Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte MG, Brasil.

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