Stressful life events and depression in patients suffering from psoriasis vulgaris

Dermatology and Psychosomatics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-145

  Pacan, P ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a   Kiejna, A ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Depression; Psoriasis; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE DEPRESSION;

EID: 0141924151     PISSN: 14229196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073990     Document Type: Article

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