Children with alopecia areata: Psychiatric symptomatology and life events

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 678-684

  Liakopoulou, Magda ^a   Alifieraki, Tina ^b   Katideniou, Antonia ^b   Kakourou, Talia ^b   Tselalidou, Evi ^b   Tsiantis, John ^b   Stratigos, John ^b  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

alopecia areata; anxiety; depression; life events; psychiatric symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030895482     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199705000-00019     Document Type: Article

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