Decorative cosmetics improve the quality of life in patients with disfiguring skin diseases

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 577-580

  Boehncke, Wolf Henning ^a   Ochsendorf, Falk ^a   Paeslack, Ingrid ^a   Kaufmann, Roland ^a   Zollner, Thomas Matthias ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acne; Cosmetics; Quality of life; Rosacea; Skin disease; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; UNIFIANCE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSACEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COSMETICS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036861706     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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