Heba Nasr Kamal <br/><br/>
Association of depression with body mass index in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases /  
 الرابط بين الاكتئاب ومعامل كتلة الجسم فى مرضى السدة الرئوية المزمنة 
Heba Nasr Kamal ; Supervised Ayman Elsayed Salem , Mohamed Abdelhakim , Mohammed Nasr Eldin 
 - Cairo :   Heba Nasr Kamal ,   2011 
 - 125 P. :   charts ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis 
<br/><br/> COPD is preventable and treatable disease with some significant extrapulmonary effects that may contribute to the sererity in individual patients . Anxiety and depression often appear together in patients with COPD . BMI has been reported to be associated with the severity of dyspnea . The aim of the study is to assess relation of depression with BMI in COPD patients 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>COPD  HADS  Pulmonary function (spirometry)