Estimating clinically significant differences in quality of life outcomes.

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Published in Qual Life Res on March 01, 2005

Authors

Kathleen W Wyrwich1, Monika Bullinger, Neil Aaronson, Ron D Hays, Donald L Patrick, Tara Symonds, Clinical Significance Consensus Meeting Group

Author Affiliations

1: Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, USA. wyewichk@slu.edu

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