Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2009
Volume: 4
Issue: 9
Page No. 974 - 977

Fatigue Severity Scale: The Psychometric Properties of the Persian-Version in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Authors : Mojtaba Azimian, A. Shahvarughi Farahani, Asghar Dadkhah, M. Fallahpour and M. Karimlu

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