The relationship of psychopathology and hyperhidrosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 733-735

  Ruchinskas, R A ^a   Narayan, R K ^a   Meagher, R J ^a   Furukawa, S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperhidrosis; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPATHECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036408780     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04857.x     Document Type: Article

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