Validation of a Self-Administered Questionnaire in Chinese in the Assessment of Eczema Severity

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-469

  Hon, Kam Lun ^a,b   Ma, Kwok Chiu ^a   Wong, Eric ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Wong, Yin ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINESE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346433977     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2003.20601.x     Document Type: Article

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