Are the modified "simple questions" a valid and reliable measure of health related quality of life after stroke?
The modified simple questions have excellent face validity and good measurement properties for the assessment of outcome after stroke. They are particularly well suited for large epidemiological studies and randomised trials.
This study confirms the predominance of genotype D in southeastern Asia and presence of subgenotypes DI and D3 in the Pakistani infected patients. More studies are required to investigate the reason for fewer inclusions of D3 compared to the D1 in Pakistani HBV strains.