Responsiveness of the Dermatology-specific Quality of Life (DSQL) instrument to treatment for acne vulgaris in a placebo-controlled clinical trial

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 723-734

  Anderson, R ^a   Rajagopalan, R ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ache; Dermatology; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTI ACNE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032462581     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008832917452     Document Type: Article

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