Impact of life events on the onset of vitiligo in adults: Preliminary evidence for a psychological dimension in aetiology

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Papadopoulos, L ^a   Bor, R ^b   Legg, C ^d   Hawk, J L M ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032407299     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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