Psychosocial adjustment of children and adults with port wine stains

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-467

  Van Der Horst, C M A M ^a   De Borgie, C A J M ^a   Knopper, J L ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030798509     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90335-0     Document Type: Article

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