Psychiatric morbidity in vitiligo and psoriasis: A comparative study from India

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 424-432

  Mattoo, Surendra K ^a   Handa, Sanjeev ^b   Kaur, Inderjeet ^b   Gupta, Nitin ^a   Malhotra, Rama ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dysfunction; Psoriasis; Pyschiatric morbidity; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; VITILIGO;

EID: 0034834374     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2001.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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