Psychiatric morbidity in leprosy and psoriasis - A comparative study

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-346

  Bharath, S ^a   Shamasundar, C ^b   Raghuram, R ^a   Subbakrishna, D K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b KEMPEGOWDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031405182     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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