Anxiety, depression and psychosomatic symptoms in patients with atopic dermatitis: Comparison with normal controls and among groups of different degrees of severity

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Hashiro, Makoto ^a   Okumura, Mutsuko ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Psychological state; Psychosomatic disease; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0031043613     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(96)00553-1     Document Type: Article

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